What is it about?
News media reports repeatedly blamed increased legal cannabis sales in Canada during 2020-2021 on the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic and its associated health measures. However, we found that the sales increases cannabis sales could mostly be attributed to pre-existing retail trends and increasing store numbers. The remaining increased growth was more aligned with January’s new product arrivals than with March’s pandemic measures.
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Why is it important?
Regulators need to understand the impact of Canada's growing cannabis market.
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This page is a summary of: Interrupted time series analysis of Canadian legal cannabis sales during the
COVID
‐19 pandemic, Drug and Alcohol Review, March 2022, Wiley,
DOI: 10.1111/dar.13465.
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