People came from around the world to visit Vancouver's free (black) market for cannabis. We have thousands of geneticists and growers and bakers and extractors, many of them active in cannabis here for generations. When I ran the 420 Farmers Market in downtown Vancouver for 2.5 years, selling and giving away cannabis to anyone 19 and up, we heard stories from cannabis tourists who had been everywhere. Vancouver was hands down the favourite, with most people who had been to Jamaica calling it a pathetic joke compared to Vancouver. Yes, it's a cultural experience, but the cannabis (and overall environment) in Vancouver seems to suit almost everybody a lot better, except maybe the Jamaicans themselves, which is irie :)

Legalization changed everything, though. The black market is thriving here, more so than ever before even, but the culture has gone underground. The 420 Farmers Market was violently raided and shut to make way for the legalized monopoly, and all lounges and dispensaries have been closed. We used to be cool, but we fell for the lie of legalization :(