Marijuana Culture in Vancouver, Canada

Marijuana Culture in Vancouver, Canada

Marijuana Culture in Vancouver, Canada

Vancouver, a.k.a. Vansterdam, is known as the "Amsterdam of the Americas" for it's

liberal attitude towards marijuana use. Although marijuana is still technically illegal in

Vancouver, and all of Canada for that matter, police in Vancouver generally turn a blind

eye towards marijuana use, even in public.

Visitors to Vancouver looking for a truly "green" experience are usually referred to the

city's "pot block" - the 300 block of West Hastings street in downtown Vancouver.

Here, you will find several seed banks, vapor lounges (where customers bring their

own marijuana and rent a smoking device known as a vaporizer) and the BC

Marijuana Party (BCMP) headquarters. At the center of it all is Cannabis Culture -

the store owned by famous Canadian marijuana activist Marc Emery who is currently

in jail in Seattle for selling marijuana seeds to Americans. Cannabis Culture sells

everything from weed t-shirts to marijuana-inspired games, smoking accessories and

marijuana magazines.

Marijuana has become such a large part of Vancouver's culture that the annual 420

celebration (April 20th is the international pot smoking day) at the Vancouver Art Gallery

has seen over 10,000 visitors in recent years. Marijuana t-shirts can be seen in the

display windows of many stores throughout Vancouver, and it's not uncommon to

smell marijuana smoke wafting through the air when walking through the city.

July 1, Canada's birthday, doubles as Cannabis Day in Vancouver where a crowd

congregates at the Vancouver Art Gallery to protest against the continued

criminalization of the drug. Vendors sell everything from weed t-shirts to

to smoking devices to marijuana itself with police standing a few

meters away.

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