Alongside bottles of vodka, whisky and rum, marijuana will soon be stocked on the shelves of liquor stores in Nova Scotia, Canada. The provincial government announced last week that the Nova Scotia Liquor Corporation (NSLC), the province’s sole alcohol distributor, would be responsible for selling recreational marijuana in the province once Canada legalizes weed — a move expected in 2018. Nova Scotia’s Minister of Justice Mark Furey said NSLC, a Crown corporation, would be selling pot in an as-yet unknown number of physical outlets and also online. “The NSLC has the experience and expertise to distribute and sell restricted products like alcohol and now cannabis in a socially responsible way,” Furey told reporters on Thursday, according to the CBC. “We believe the NSLC is best positioned to sell cannabis, keeping it out of the hands of young people and making it legally available in a safe, regulated way.”

Source: Huffington Post December 10, 2017 15:33 UTC