The Marijuana Market Could Be (and Possibly Already Is) Bigger Than the Market for Beer in Canada
It’s a hot, sunny Thursday afternoon on the hard edge of Queen Street West, and the foot traffic at Eden, a pot dispensary, is brisk.
Retailers along this strip of trendy clothing stores, bars, restaurants, shoe shops, tattoo parlours, hairstylists, comic stores and coffee joints cater to the urban hip, and Eden is no different. lnside, iceberg-blue lights illuminate jewel-case cabinets with the product — glass vials of Hindu Kush, El Hefe, Organic Blue Dream — artfully displayed.
On the aquamarine-blue wall at the front are two white iPads, for customers who need quick access to the Internet to check product information.
The place is spotless, sharp. And the air is heavy with the unmistakeable sweet smell of cannabis.
The fridge at Eden Medicinal Society, a cannabis retailer in Toronto. (Tyler Anderson / National Post)
Behind the counter, two clerks, a man and a woman both in...
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