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Government stores OMG.

plehoux 8y ago
See Quebec province online store for pot: https://www.sqdc.ca/en-CA/ https://www.sqdc.ca/en-CA/ which launched this morning.
- qwerty456127 8y ago
  Online from October 17th in Canada only Until then, why not follow us on: www.sqdc.ca - Access Denied Error code 16 This request was blocked by the security rules
giarc 8y ago
Many provinces have a long history with government run liquor stores (see LCBO in Ontario, BC Liquor in BC, SAQ in Quebec). There are pro's and con's to those stores.
- qwerty456127 8y ago
  Nice to know, thanks, I've never head about this phenomenon before, used to think government run stores only exist in officially communist countries like China.
  - dragonwriter 8y ago
    State liquor stores have been a thing in parts of the US, too.
Raphmedia 8y ago
It is already how it works for alcohol and gambling. Makes sense that drugs would also be sold by the government.
- bregma 8y ago
  Also, prostitution is legal in Canada. What's the next government monopoly, I wonder...?
  - simlevesque 8y ago
    > Also, prostitution is legal in Canada. Being a prostitute is legal but buying her services is not. It's just because we want prostitutes to call the police if they get hurt or something like that.
    - qwerty456127 8y ago
      Don't they use to abuse this weird law to blackmail their clients?
      - dragonwriter 8y ago
        Not if they want more clients. Plus, prostitutes, dur to the nature of their services, already tend to have blackmail info on many of their (especially married) clients, so if blackmail was going to be their business model, they don't need this law.
  - Raphmedia 8y ago
    You jest but chances are high that if brothels are ever legalized nationally, the government will control it.
BenoitEssiambre 8y ago
New Brunswick's stores look like Apple stores complete with iPads on wooden tables to browse their catalog. https://twitter.com/CBCNB/status/1052536817864626176?s=09 https://twitter.com/CBCNB/status/1052536817864626176?s=09 Official site: http://cannabis-nb.com http://cannabis-nb.com
rtkwe 8y ago
That's not new, in North Carolina every hard liquor store (ie not wine or beer) is owned and run by county level agencies.

See Quebec province online store for pot: https://www.sqdc.ca/en-CA/ https://www.sqdc.ca/en-CA/ which launched this morning.

qwerty456127 8y ago
Online from October 17th in Canada only Until then, why not follow us on: www.sqdc.ca - Access Denied Error code 16 This request was blocked by the security rules

giarc 8y ago

Many provinces have a long history with government run liquor stores (see LCBO in Ontario, BC Liquor in BC, SAQ in Quebec). There are pro's and con's to those stores.

qwerty456127 8y ago
Nice to know, thanks, I've never head about this phenomenon before, used to think government run stores only exist in officially communist countries like China.
- dragonwriter 8y ago
  State liquor stores have been a thing in parts of the US, too.

Raphmedia 8y ago

It is already how it works for alcohol and gambling. Makes sense that drugs would also be sold by the government.

bregma 8y ago
Also, prostitution is legal in Canada. What's the next government monopoly, I wonder...?
- simlevesque 8y ago
  > Also, prostitution is legal in Canada. Being a prostitute is legal but buying her services is not. It's just because we want prostitutes to call the police if they get hurt or something like that.
  - qwerty456127 8y ago
    Don't they use to abuse this weird law to blackmail their clients?
    - dragonwriter 8y ago
      Not if they want more clients. Plus, prostitutes, dur to the nature of their services, already tend to have blackmail info on many of their (especially married) clients, so if blackmail was going to be their business model, they don't need this law.
- Raphmedia 8y ago
  You jest but chances are high that if brothels are ever legalized nationally, the government will control it.

BenoitEssiambre 8y ago

New Brunswick's stores look like Apple stores complete with iPads on wooden tables to browse their catalog. https://twitter.com/CBCNB/status/1052536817864626176?s=09 https://twitter.com/CBCNB/status/1052536817864626176?s=09 Official site: http://cannabis-nb.com http://cannabis-nb.com

rtkwe 8y ago

That's not new, in North Carolina every hard liquor store (ie not wine or beer) is owned and run by county level agencies.