Nearly a century of marijuana prohibition came to an end Wednesday as Canada became the first major Western nation to legalize and regulate its sale and recreational use. Scores of customers braved the cold for hours outside Tweed, a pot boutique in St John’s, Newfoundland that opened briefly at midnight, to buy their first grams of legal cannabis. “It’s been my dream to be the first person to buy the first legal gram of cannabis in Canada, and here I finally am,” said Ian Power, who arrived four hours stand outside the store.
