{"id":58359,"date":"2015-08-07T18:47:06","date_gmt":"2015-08-07T10:47:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=58359"},"modified":"2025-01-30T18:51:29","modified_gmt":"2025-01-30T23:51:29","slug":"owner-of-winnipeg-medical-marijuana-shop-speaks-out-on-his-arrest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2015\/08\/07\/owner-of-winnipeg-medical-marijuana-shop-speaks-out-on-his-arrest\/","title":{"rendered":"Owner of Winnipeg medical marijuana shop speaks out on his arrest"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_58360\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-58360\" style=\"width: 572px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Marijuana1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-58360\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Marijuana1.png\" alt=\"(Photo from Flickr\/Katheirne Hitt)\" width=\"572\" height=\"378\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Marijuana1.png 572w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Marijuana1-300x198.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 572px) 100vw, 572px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-58360\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">(Photo from Flickr\/<a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/milkwhitegown\/\" target=\"_blank\">Katheirne Hitt<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>WINNIPEG \u2013 The owner of a controversial medical marijuana shop that was raided earlier this week says he hopes his arrest will shed some light on the struggle patients have obtaining the product.<\/p>\n<p>Glen Price, 54, the owner of Your Medical Cannabis Headquarters, has been charged with a number of drug-related offences including possession and trafficking.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position:absolute;left:-99195px;\"> buy super viagra online <a 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buy antabuse online <a href=\"https:\/\/patersoncounseling.org\/selfservice\/html\/antabuse.html\">https:\/\/patersoncounseling.org\/selfservice\/html\/antabuse.html<\/a> no prescription pharmacy <\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>Price had been warned his business would be closed because he was not properly licensed, but his supporters held a rally last month and he reopened the store in defiance of the police order.<\/p>\n<p>He has said he only provides the product to people with appropriate medical documentation and said he\u2019s helped hundreds of people since opening on July 1.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this year, Health Canada moved to make it legal for licensed providers to sell marijuana in everything from brownies to lip balm.<\/p>\n<p>Vancouver became the first Canadian municipality to regulate medical marijuana dispensaries, requiring operators to pay a $30,000 licensing fee and locate at least 300 metres away from community centres, schools, and each other.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cToo bad Winnipeg wants to stay in the stone age while Vancouver progresses and flourishes,\u201d Price said in his statement.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat I think the goal should be is equality throughout Canada.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WINNIPEG \u2013 The owner of a controversial medical marijuana shop that was raided earlier this week says he hopes his 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