WHYTE RETAILERS SEE DECRIMINALIZATION AS A GROWTH INDUSTRY

Jupiter Glass Galleria Adapts to the Times, Now Jupiter Cannabis Culture Shop

Hey, man, the times they are a changin' on Whyte Avenue.

There's a cool new store selling marijuana paraphernalia.

They stock everything from ornate glass pipes and 135 types of
flavoured papers to stash boxes, scales and detox kits.

You can't miss the Jupiter Cannabis Culture Shop. A two-metre-long
Canadian flag in the window sports a marijuana leaf instead of a maple
leaf.

"The Canada Day riot two years ago changed the demographics of the
people who come to Whyte Avenue," says store owner Denyse Doran, 53.

"When we opened the doors of our Jupiter Glass Galleria 10 years ago,
nothing but money walked in to buy items such as crystal glass
figurines and Austrian Swarovski crystal jewelry.

"But now the area is filled with young people aged mainly between 18
and 25. They don't come to buy fine glass."

She added: "I believe a Liberal government will decriminalize
marijuana and catering to the needs of cannabis users will in future
be a mainstream business."

Doran and her husband Tom, 59, a drummer who played with Tommy Banks
for 40 years, opened Edmonton's first head shop, The Hippogriff, in
1972.

They launched a glass manufacturing business in 1974 and later
represented glass artists, selling to 800 stores throughout North America.

"When things slowed for us about a decade ago, we opened our store on
Whyte," said Doran.

"But our 28-year-old son Tom Jr. will now run the new store. Young
people don't want to buy pipes from their parents."