While buying and selling cannabis isn't currently allowed in Burnaby, the rules could be changing in the near future.

The city is looking at regulating cannabis in the same way it regulates alcohol. Burnaby's liquor store framework allowed for private liquor stores only after a larger provincially-owned BC Liquor Store was built in each of Burnaby's four town centres. In a similar model, the city would consider private, licensed cannabis sellers only after a government-owned store has been built in that area of the city.

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