Canada is Running out of Marijuana Two Days after Drug Became Legal
Jae C. Hong / AP
Canadians were so excited about getting their hands on some legal, recreational marijuana the country is reportedly experience a shortage, The Independent reports.
Police were called to help shops struggling to handle long queues and with frustrated people unable to buy cannabis.
Bill Blair, a former Toronto police chief who has led the government's legalisation programme, told public broadcaster CBC the country was unable to supply enough to meet demand.
On Wednesday Canada became the first industrialised nation and only the second country in the world, after Uruguay, to legalise recreational cannabis as part of a controversial experiment in drug policy.
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