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Advocates urge Vancouver cannabis tourism, calling 4-20 a ‘debacle’

BC Craft Farmers Co-Op urge city to embrace the date’s opportunity rather than ‘mitigate’ it
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The head of a B.C. cannabis growers group says Vancouver’s choice to discourage instead of sanction 4-20 celebrations over the weekend was a costly “missed opportunity.” Marijuana plants are displayed for sale during a 4-20 event billed as a protest and farmers’ market in Vancouver, B.C., Thursday, April 20, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck

The head of a B.C. cannabis growers group says the City of Vancouver’s choice to discourage instead of sanction a marijuana celebration over the weekend was a costly “missed opportunity.”

The BC Craft Farmers Co-Op says the city should rethink its approach to 4-20 celebrations and sanction what could be an “international cannabis tourism event.”

Co-op president Tara Kirkpatrick says the city erected barriers around Sunset Beach and had police target vendors at the unsanctioned celebration over the weekend, instead of authorizing a “professionally run special event,” similar to the annual Pride Parade.

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