Unregulated cannabis shops in Cambridge test the boundaries of police and the federal government while undercutting provincially licensed stores
A cannabis store has popped up in Cambridge that is not like the others in town; its product is stronger, cheaper and not bound by government restrictions.
This shop has been able to fly under the radar for months, due to the fact the owners are Indigenous and believe they are operating on “sovereign land.”
One of the employees of Sovereign Toke on King Street East in Preston said that they won’t get shut down because they aren’t technically breaking the law.
“Those other shops that are getting shut down are selling tobacco products and that’s what gets them,” said Cody, a worker at Sovereign Toke who didn’t want CambridgeToday to use his last name.
“If the cops came and shut us down it would open up a can of worms they aren’t ready for.”
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