Almost three-quarters of legal cannabis consumers (71.7%) in Canada say they purchase products exclusively from the regulated marketplace, according to a national survey published on March 18.
Recipients listed the following primary reasons for their decision to utilize the legal market:
- 38% said they buy legal due to concerns about product safety,
- 16.9% said the legal market was more convenient,
- and 12.9% said they wanted to follow the law.
The survey found that the most commonly used product types in the previous year were dried cannabis flower (62.1%) followed by infused edibles (57.1%). Notably, cannabis vape pens and cartridges were more popular among younger cannabis consumers while infused topicals and oral cannabis oils were more popular among older consumers, the pollsters wrote. Among consumers aged 25 or older, cannabis flower products were more commonly used by men (70.2%) than women (48.4%).
Additionally, the survey found that more than one-third of people aged 18-24 (38.4%) and 25-44 (34.5%) reported having used cannabis at least once in the 12 months leading up to the survey, compared to just 15.5% of adults aged 45+.
Canada legalized adult-use cannabis in 2018 and was one of the very first countries in the world to undo cannabis prohibition at the federal level.
According to a recent report, licensed cannabis companies in Canada have destroyed 3.7 million pounds of cannabis since the legal market launched, largely due to the products being too old or low-quality.
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