The Globe and Mail reports in its Friday edition that senior citizens in Victoria support council's push to adopt a bylaw that allows edible pot products in medical marijuana dispensaries, despite health and safety concerns raised by the province's medical health officer, Mayor Lisa Helps says. A Canadian Press dispatch to The Globe reports that Victoria's council voted in favour of preparing a medical marijuana business bylaw Thursday that permits the sale of edible pot products, keeps marijuana businesses 200 metres apart from one another and prohibits any forms of advertising. The bylaw will also keep the dispensaries 200 metres away from schools and licensed daycares. Ms. Helps and other council members said the seniors who spoke at public meetings in favour of edible pot sales persuaded them to buck Vancouver's pot law, which prohibits the sale of edible products such as brownies and cookies. She said: "Our staff and council were compelled. We heard loud and clear from many people who came to the town hall we held, particularly from seniors, and particularly from senior women, that they have chronic pain and they don't want to smoke marijuana. They want access to edibles."