Everything you need to know about Toronto’s new, semi-legal world of pot

The second that follically blessed gent rolled into the PMO, legalization became pretty much a foregone conclusion. Licensed growers teared up with joy. Plenty of cops were relieved to no longer have to chase kids for pocketing dime bags. Potheads got suuuuper baked. Street dealers worried about their career prospects. Fear mongers declared it the opening of the gates of hell. And others just shrugged and carried on. The following pages are devoted to all of the above—the pot lovers, haters, not-too-surers and everyone else. Legal pot is coming. Here’s a guide to the hazy new reality.

A Pot Lover's Guide to Toronto

Life

I smoked pot for the first time at age 30

A writer who grew up with stoner parents recalls her late-in-life introduction to weed

Shopping

The city’s swankiest pot paraphernalia

Bongs, stash boxes and rolling papers have come a long way

City News

Toronto’s most stylish head shops

Where to hang out, do yoga or watch stand-up comedy—high

Life

Torontonians talk about their pot consumption habits

How frequently do people smoke?

Life

A Torontonian’s guide to pot etiquette

Some advice on pot politesse from the Herbal Diplomat

City News

An investor’s guide to Canada’s publicly traded pot companies

A few of the cannabis corporations currently vying for investor dollars

Food & Drink

Toronto Life restaurant critic Mark Pupo reviews 10 pot edibles

Find out which THC-laced treat provided a high that was "like being trapped inside Prince's costume trunk"

City News

Where to buy weed if you don’t like alleyways

A visit to one of the city's illegal storefront pot dispensaries

Life

Hot answers to your burning, weed-related questions

Answers to common questions about the looming pot-pocalypse

City News

The discerning Torontonian’s pot-buying guide

Everything you need to know about pot's many varieties