Toronto pot shop owners want police, stores to co-operate
TORONTO — A group of Toronto pot shop owners is calling for greater co-operation and understanding between police and their fellow dispensary owners.
The Toronto Dispensary Coalition backed up recent police assertions that there has been a spike in violent attacks against marijuana-oriented stores in recent months.
Spokeswoman Tania Cyalume says pot shop owners are making a mistake by not reporting the incidents when they occur and urged fellow owners to take a less skeptical attitude towards police.
But she also says police have played a part in the situation by carrying out multiple recent raids on pot shops across the city.