Step inside a Cannabis NB store

It's a historic moment. For the first time in 95 years, cannabis is legal in Canada.

In New Brunswick, 20 Cannabis NB stores are open to the public.

Here's what they look like.

Inside Cannabis NB stores, no photos or videos are allowed.Posters around the walls remind peoplethey must respect the privacy of others.

The storesresemble electronics shops, withminimaldesigns and white and black walls adorned with plasma screens.

Surprisingly, the cannabis aroma is barely perceptible despite the many products on display.

Consumer information on cannabis from the Government of Canada is made available to Cannabis NB customers as a one-page fact sheet.

The information includes safety tips like starting with a small amount, and working your way up as well as the risks associated with long-term use.

More information is available online atcanada.ca/cannabis.

BrianHarriman, president and CEO of CannabisNB, said in the coming weekscustomers will be able to pick up their online orders at the "express" windows.

There will be no need to walk into the store to get products.

He also said due to the success of the Cannabis NB website, which has had almost onemillion page views,they are anticipating "a pretty brisk business" throughout the day.

Cannabis NB stores are divided into different sections for bud, concentratesand accessories.

Wall displays feature products like high-end rolling papers, silicone pipes, cannabis grindersand vaporisers like the PAX2 and Summit+.

Brightly-coloured, 3.5 gram boxes of bud from the cannabis producer Zenabis are labelled with the percentage of THC and CBD compounds in the cannabis that produce different effects as well as a health warning label and universal cannabis symbol.

While smoking is widely regarded as a riskier consumption method thanvaporizing cannabis, more traditional materials like lighters and rolling papers are still part of the product offerings at the provincial cannabis authority's retail outlets.

Around 250 different productsare carried at Cannabis NB stores.

Silicone pipes will be sold at the cannabis stores as well as online.

For marketing purposes, Cannabis NB is organizing weed into three different categories, or "occasions" depending on its effects.

The categories Discover, Connect and Refresh are aimed at consumers who want to unlock their creativity, relax with friends or chill out at home.

A look inside Cannabis NB stores

6 years ago

Duration 2:01

The CBC's Julia Wright walks you through what buying legal weed in New Brunswick will be like.

All photos by Maria Jose Burgos