Public consumption of cannabis puts Penhold’s reputation at risk: councillor
If you want to smoke cannabis in public this fall, you may want to head to Penhold.
Town council there voted recently to make it so that one can consume the soon-to-be legalized drug in public. Consumption of cannabis, which could include smoking, vaping or oils, will be treated like the smoking of tobacco.
It cannot be done indoors or on a patio, in a vehicle, within five metres of a public entrance, within 20 metres of a playground, seasonal skating rink, skate park, sports field or spray park, nor within 100 metres of a school or day care.
“To be honest there wasn’t really that much feedback. We had a public hearing that nobody showed up to. We did receive some emails, but there wasn’t really a whole lot of concern or anything regarding it,” says Penhold Mayor Mike Yargeau. “People have just sort of accepted that it’s being legalized and come October, you’re going to be able to buy it.”