To whom must a B.C. cannabis store refuse to sell cannabis?
Selling It Right: Intoxication and conduct in the store
Refusing sales to anyone showing signs of intoxication, asking people to leave and the 24-hour rule, violent or disorderly conduct, weapons, calling police and helping people leave safely.
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Study reference: B.C. cannabis law and LCRB guidance (Oct 2026), Ch. 3 Intoxication and conduct — CCLA ss. 49, 78, 79; CRS Licence Handbook 2.3; CLR Schedule 2
All 13 questions in this test
Every question and its answer choices. The correct answers and explanations appear when you take the test above.
To whom must a B.C. cannabis store refuse to sell cannabis?
- Only people who fail a police breath test
- Only people who admit they have used cannabis
- Only people intoxicated by alcohol, not drugs
- Anyone intoxicated or showing signs of intoxication
What is an example of a reasonable step to help an intoxicated person leave safely?
- Selling them a smaller amount first to calm them down
- Locking the door behind them right away to keep them out
- Pushing them out the door as quickly as possible
- Staying within earshot and sight until they leave
A store hires a guard to manage the entrance. What must the guard hold?
- A Selling It Right certificate only
- No licence is needed
- A firearms licence
- A valid B.C. security worker licence
Does the ban on supplying cannabis to intoxicated people apply only to stores?
- No, but only after 11 p.m.
- Yes, it applies only to licensed retailers
- Yes, it applies only to government stores
- No, no person may supply cannabis to them
Staff believe a fight is about to break out in the store. What is required?
- Wait until the fight actually starts
- Notify a peace officer as soon as it is safe
- Handle it alone and write it up in the records next month
- Ask other customers to step in
A customer is already inside and begins showing clear signs of intoxication. What must staff do?
- Offer them a seat until they feel better
- Let them stay in the store but stop selling cannabis to them
- Let them finish shopping quietly
- Not allow the person to remain in the store
After being asked to leave, how long must a person wait before they may enter the store again?
- 24 hours
- 12 hours
- 7 days
- 1 hour
How does the LCRB describe violent or disorderly conduct?
- Any group of more than three people shopping together
- Behaviour that makes a reasonable person fear for safety
- Any customer who complains about prices or product choice
- Any conversation that is louder than normal speaking voice
What is the first-contravention penalty range for selling cannabis to someone showing signs of intoxication?
- $15,000 to $50,000, or 15 to 90 days
- $100 to $500, or a warning
- $3,000 to $7,000, or a 3 to 7 day suspension
- $25,000 flat, with no suspension
A customer says they carry a knife for self-protection. What does the Act say about letting them stay?
- Self-protection is always a lawful excuse in B.C.
- Weapons rules apply only to bars, not cannabis stores
- Self-protection is not a lawful excuse
- They may stay if the knife stays zipped in a bag
What can police do with a person intoxicated from cannabis in a public place?
- Only give them a written warning
- Fine the store that sold it
- Arrest them without a warrant
- Nothing, cannabis is legal in B.C.
A staff member sees a patron bring unlicensed, illicit cannabis into the store. What must happen?
- Ignore it, as long as the patron also buys something legal
- Ask the patron to leave and record the incident
- Buy it from the patron for disposal
- Let the patron keep it out of sight
A patron asked to leave last night comes back this morning. What must the licensee do?
- Serve them, since a new day has started
- Ask them to sign a good-behaviour form
- Ban them for one week, then serve them
- Ensure a peace officer is notified
Intoxication and conduct in the store: key rules to remember
Our summary of what the official handbook says on this topic, in our own words. Read it before or after the practice questions above, then check the original chapter. Read the official chapter ↗
Intoxicated persons and conduct
- A licensee or employee must not sell cannabis to anyone intoxicated by alcohol or a drug or showing signs of intoxication, and must not let such a person enter or remain in the store.
- No person may supply cannabis to someone who is intoxicated or shows signs of intoxication (s. 79).
- Staff must not allow violent or disorderly conduct or unlawful activity, or let in anyone they know has a weapon without lawful excuse ("lawful excuse" does not include self-protection).
- Staff may ask a person to leave, or refuse entry, if they believe the person is intoxicated or shows signs of it, or their presence is undesirable.
- A person asked to leave must go and must not come back within 24 hours; a peace officer may arrest without warrant someone who stays or returns.
Terms and conditions
- Licensees must take reasonable measures so the store does not disturb people nearby (e.g. outdoor lighting, supervising parking, signs).
- If staff reasonably believe violent or disorderly conduct has happened, is happening or may happen, police must be called as soon as it is safe.
- Reasonable steps must be taken so an intoxicated person leaves safely, such as staying within earshot and line of sight until they have left, if safe.
- If someone returns within 24 hours of being asked to leave, police must be notified.
- Delivery persons and carriers must not deliver to anyone intoxicated or showing signs of intoxication.
- If a patron brings illicit cannabis into the store, staff ask them to leave immediately and record the incident.
- Temporary repair or construction workers must be supervised.
- Security staff hired for a store must hold a valid B.C. security worker licence.
- Violent or disorderly conduct means behaviour that would make a reasonable person believe their safety is threatened.
Public intoxication
- A person intoxicated from cannabis must not be or remain in a public place; police may arrest without a warrant.
Penalties
- Selling to someone showing signs of intoxication, or letting an intoxicated person enter or remain: first contravention $3,000–$7,000 or 3–7 days' suspension.
- Allowing violent or disorderly conduct, unlawful activity or a person with a weapon: first contravention $7,000–$11,000 or 7–11 days.
signs and causes
- Selling It Right teaches staff to recognize signs of intoxication, including from cannabis combined with alcohol.
- Overconsumption can cause anxiety, paranoia, rapid heartbeat and other unpleasant effects; alcohol intensifies cannabis effects and can cause nausea or vomiting.
- A person may not feel impaired but still be under the influence of cannabis (gov.bc.ca Cannabis and driving).
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Other topics
- Selling It Right certificationWho must hold Selling It Right (licensees, sellers, supervisors, delivery persons, marketers), the two-year certificate, training records and the social responsibility poster.
- Minors and checking IDAge 19, keeping minors out of stores and jobs, the two-piece ID rule with primary and secondary examples, fake ID, proxy buying and minors in delivery.
- Products, limits and packagingWhat a store may sell, the 30-gram and four-plant limits per transaction, equivalency amounts, unopened packaging, smell and touch jars, minimum prices and legal supply through the LDB.
- Store operations and securityHours of 9 a.m. to 11 p.m., no consumption or games, layout and entrances, self-service and window display bans, alarms, cameras kept 30 days, storage and disposal.
- Delivery and online ordersWho may deliver, delivery hours, name and signature on receipt, payment before dispatch, packing and returns, no deliveries to minors or intoxicated people, and delivery records.
- Promotion, loyalty and inducementsAdvertising and branding limits, no pharmacy or dispensary words, no loyalty programs, responsible sales strategies, tied houses, inducements, permitted hospitality and samples.
- Records, inspections and penaltiesSix-year records and the cannabis register, incident logs, LCRB inspections and cooperation, the penalty and suspension schedule and court fines.
- Cannabis and healthTHC and CBD, product forms, onset of inhaled and edible cannabis, overconsumption, mixing with alcohol, youth and mental health, pregnancy and Canada's lower-risk guidelines.
- Possession, home growing and public usePossession limits in public and at home, growing four plants per household, where adults may and may not smoke or vape, vehicles and boats, and travel.
- Cannabis and drivingTHC blood limits, roadside testing, the 90-day administrative prohibition, zero tolerance for new drivers and the rules for carrying cannabis in a vehicle.