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Ken says he’s been selling marijuana illegally for 35 years in Calgary and hasn’t yet felt the need to scope out the legal competition.

That’s partly because he doesn’t feel threatened by the advent of legalized cannabis.

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“But I do plan on trying it, checking it out when the supply is there,” said Ken, not his real name, taking a dig at the shortages plaguing legal retailers since legalization took effect Oct. 17.

For now, the Calgarian said he’s content to continue plying his illicit sales, a side pursuit to a legitimate career.

Ken said he purchases four or five pounds at a time of bud grown in various parts of B.C., selling it in ounces or quarter-ounces to a circle of people he knows.

There hasn’t been much straying among his customers, he said.

“I don’t see any difference … I really can’t see any reason to change,” he said.

“There might be a couple who have decided to go the legal route, but others will try some legal stuff just to have the container to put the illegal stuff in.”