Study Reveals Price, Not Store Count, Drives Usage Trends

The price of cannabis has a more significant effect on consumer behaviour than store count, according to a newly published study on the Canadian cannabis market.

Published in European Addiction Research, ‘Exploring Associations between Cannabis Prices, Stores, and Usage after Recreational Legalization’ examined trends from 2019 to 2023, in which time legal cannabis stores increased 13-fold, while prices dropped by 28% on average.

Updates to cannabis rules and regulations now made public

Health Canada has published their scheduled updates to the Cannabis Regulations, Hemp Regulations, and Cannabis Act, streamlining some aspects of the regulations to benefit the legal cannabis market.

Alberta's new QR code system enhances cannabis transparency, a first for Canada

A pilot project in Alberta is aiming to transform cannabis product transparency with Metrc’s Retail ID system. By simply scanning a QR code provided at purchase, consumers gain access to lab test results, certificates of analysis (COA), product name, image, cannabinoid, and terpenes, ensuring greater trust in legal cannabis products.

Legalizing cannabis was the best thing Trudeau did, Angus Reid poll affirms

A new poll has shown that Canadians think legalizing cannabis was the greatest accomplishment of Justin Trudeau’s Liberal government. Nine years gone by and that’s the best thing he managed to do for the country, according to the 1,850 people surveyed.