The owner stated that 200 people per day made purchases at the store, with many more "just looking", and that a number of customers were from the cruise ships that dock at Saint John.
[3] In October 2016, the medical cannabis dispensary on the Tobique First Nation reserve in New Brunswick was raided by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police.
The dispensary was illegal under national law, but was approved by the band council, causing a disjunct and raising issues of tribal sovereignty.
[7][8] Each province and territory set its own laws for various aspects, such as the legal age, whether householders can grow cannabis and the method of retail sales.
[15][16] On November 14, 2019, Finance Minister Ernie Steeves announced that due to a continually losing money since opening, the government has issued an RFP to find a private operator to take over Cannabis NB.