Vancouver’s chief licence inspector Sarah Hicks has ordered the operators of a magic mushroom dispensary on West Broadway to immediately close their doors or face enforcement.
The order came via a letter April 19 to Valentin Muller, the director of the numbered company that operates the Medicinal Mushroom Dispensary at 247 West Broadway, which is located a few blocks from city hall.
“As you do not have a valid business licence, you must immediately cease operating the business at 247 West Broadway and it must remain closed until such time as you have a valid licence,” Hicks wrote.
“If you continue to operate without a valid business licence, you will be subject to further enforcement actions.”
The letter was posted Monday night to the X social media platform by Dana Larsen, a director of the Strathcona Tea Society, a non-profit that handles the finances and logistics of the dispensary and two others that operate in the city.
Larsen, a well-known drug legalization advocate, is the dispensary’s spokesperson. He said in his post and in an interview with Glacier Media that the store will not close its doors, despite Hicks’ order.
“The dispensary will of course continue to operate while we hash
