Lethbridge residents trek to Medicine Hat on Legalization day
MEDICINE HAT – Medicine Hat residents turned out in droves Wednesday, Oct. 17 to be the first to legally purchase marijuana in the city.
Green Exchange was one of the businesses that opened on Wednesday, welcoming customers into their store at 10 am. Owner Jay Hern said it’s been a long time coming to get their business up and running.
“It just shows how hard we worked at this,” said Hern. “We got probably the fifth license in Alberta of the 17 stores, so we really worked hard and executed our plan.”
Medicine Hat is the only city in the area to have pot retailers open for legalization day, which resulted in some customers from as far away as Lethbridge making the drive down to be first in line. As of Thursday morning, Oct. 18, no retailer in Lethbridge had yet been issued a licence by the province.