Yes. it is considerably worse. This isn't a dispensary that's in your neighbourhood, it's inside your home. The stink leaks into the common areas of the building, you can expect to find 2 or 3 guys smoking weed on your front doorstep when you come home. If you're unlucky enough to live above this nuisance shop you can't live there because of the smell, you can't rent it out and you can't sell it. Guess what, the bank still makes you pay the mortgage. The City can order it closed, they can fine it until they're blue in the face but because their lawyer (mentioned in the article) tells this unlicensed business to ignore it, you have to wait for the courts. Almost two years now. Believe me, I know.