As the smoke clears on weed stigma, Health Canada's annual survey on cannabis consumption habits reveals Canadians are not just rolling with it, but eating it up too. This year's report indicates a significant shift in the public's approach to cannabis, with an increasing preference for non-smoking options, including edibles and oils. The results seem to reflect a maturing market and a transformative period in Canada's relationship with the once-controversial plant.
Canada baked recreational cannabis use into law exactly four years ago on October 17 now the country is taking stock of exactly what that means. The federal government has launched an economic analysis of legal cannabis sales and a social review of the impact of marijuana-related policies on youth and Indigenous communities, among other demographics. The national assessment was delayed by a year, due to the pandemic, but is now expected to last around 18 months. During that time, the government is calling on Canadian cannabis users to share just how high they've been getting.
Geneviève Giroux has been working at the SQDC since its inception in 2018, when Canada legalized recreational cannabis nationwide. Over the last four years, she's worked – despite a provincial ban on cannabis marketing of any kind to bring black market customers to the government supplier.
This year, the SQDC joined other Canadian weed suppliers by providing edible cannabis products for the first time since its creation in 2018. The first SQDC edibles were released in April, and this summer, the organization added more products to its consumable line. You might be picturing brightly coloured gummies or baked treats, but Quebec had something else in mind: dried beets, figs and. cauliflower?
If you're a fan of your marijuana then it's best to know that there are dangers to buying weed off the streets of Montreal. In a May 5 press release issued by the Direction régionale de santé publique du CIUSSS du Centre-Sud-de-l'Île-de-Montréal (Montreal DRSP), the CIUSSS received a report of a case with symptoms linked to a possible opioid overdose following the consumption of cannabis purchased off the street. Santé publique indicated that the marijuana obtained off the streets of Montreal was in the form of a "greenish/brownish colour."