Eight-year-old wins $200 worth of cannabis products at youth hockey tournament

A B.C. grandfather is questioning when it’s appropriate to offer cannabis prizes in raffles

his eight-year-old grandson bid on and won a stash of $200 worth of pot products at a local youth hockey tournament.

Keith Redl said his grandson plays Novice hockey with other children ages seven and eight at Dawson Creek Minor Hockey.

But at a tournament over the weekend, a long-time tradition of fundraising took a turn, he said.

“Each team is usually responsible for putting a gift basket or prize package together with a minimum value of $50,” he said in a phone interview. “And then what they do is they have a big setup and they have a paper bag taped in front of each one of these prizes.”

He said the prizes had always been geared towards kids or families in the past, including things such as tickets to the movies, card games or family board games, or snacks like popcorn and candy.

When it came to the prize pack that Redl’s grandson would eventually win, “all he saw was like chocolate and chocolate fondue and he put a ticket in this bag.

At the end of the tournament the family was notified that he won the one prize and it was this prize of $200 worth of pot.

The child’s father was the one who picked up the prize after receiving the call informing him of the win. He then sent photos of the haul to Redl.

The Dawson Creek Minor Hockey Association said that they appreciate the concerns being brought forth.

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