Exactly. Which is why LP mail order might be a great interim Federal solution. The government can simply make it legal for registered adults to legally buy Health Canada approved cannabis.
The provinces and municipalities can take their time figuring out a mass distribution model from there.
I don't know if it'll be lawsuits, but I would side with you that the longer they flourish and become entrenched, the harder it'll be to remove them. I have been getting that feeling for the last while. Vancouver will be a good testament to an effort to curb them. 100 down to 11, if it happens, is pretty good.