Cannabis products are expected to be sold at checkout counters in existing liquor stores, where customers will have to ask a cashier for the product.
The products will be displayed behind glass in stores where display cases are available, stated Todd Sasaki, communications officer for the finance department, in an email.
SA国际影视传媒淔or stores without display cases, full colour posters with product descriptions will be used. These posters will also be in the stores with display cases,SA国际影视传媒� said Sasaki.
The federal government, meanwhile, will be responsible for packaging.
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The GNWT says store staff will be trained appropriately and will be knowledgeable about cannabis products and how to use them safely.
Officials said last week in a media briefing they had not yet identified a training program for those staff.
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Once territorial legislation is in place, people will be allowed to come forward with business proposals, she said.
Proposals will then go to the Liquor Commission for approval, said Bluck.
Sara Murphy, who is preparing to sell cannabis accessories and eventually wants to open a dispensary and become a licensed cannabis producer, said she isnSA国际影视传媒檛 surprised about the fluid timeline.
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However, Murphy is pleased to hear the Liquor Commission will be approving proposals, as sheSA国际影视传媒檚 had a positive experience working with them in the past.
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But she remains concerned about cannabis being sold in the same location as alcohol.
She said doing so will encourage people to use the two substances together, something she has described as SA国际影视传媒渟elf-destructive.SA国际影视传媒�
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The GNWT released its proposed framework for the legalization of cannabis in the NWT on Nov. 24. The federal government plans to legalize the substance across Canada in July.
The territorial framework states cannabis will initially be sold in liquor stores.
