POT ON SALE IN VANCOUVER STORES

KELOWNA -- As the federal government is poised to decriminalize
marijuana, two Vancouver stores have been taking it one step further
by openly selling the weed. Another Vancouver shop owner is peddling
equipment to help people do drugs, selling "bubble bags" that refine
hashish for $600. The owner, Bryan Hamilton, boasted to a Vancouver
newspaper this week that his business is "liquid cash."

While not wanting to speak specifically about the Vancouver situation,
Justice Minister Irwin Cotler told Sun Media that some people are
confusing decriminalization and legalization.

The Vancouver shops - The Spirit Within and Da Kine's - have been
doing a booming business right under the noses of city cops who are
leaving it up to the city's licensing department to deal with.

Marijuana can only be sold legally in Canada to those who can prove
they have a medicinal need for it.