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Cheaper, more potent pot found in B C government-run stores: study
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Dr. Tim Naimi, director of the Canadian Institute for Substance Use Research at the University of Victoria, said gross revenue of about $290 million from sales of cheaper but stronger cannabis suggests there s a need to consider tougher public health measures, perhaps through taxation and potency restrictions. We hope over time that the government will consider public health considerations and not engage in a race to the bottom in terms of selling the most potent stuff for the cheapest prices, said Naimi, who led the researchers doing the study.
The federal government did not place a limit on the amount of THC used in many cannabis products when its use was legalized in 2018.
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The price of cannabis at government-run stores in British Columbia declined while potency rose between 2019 and 2020, says a new report that has a researcher raising questions about what its findings mean for public health.
The study found that the amount of THC, the psychoactive ingredient in cannabis, increased from 16 per cent to 19 per cent in the flower product during that short period of time, making it significantly more powerful.
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Dr. Tim Naimi, director of the Canadian Institute for Substance Use Research at the University of Victoria, said gross revenue of about $290 million from sales of cheaper but stronger cannabis suggests there’s a need to consider tougher public health measures, perhaps through taxation and potency restrictions.