
Ontario weed sales up 28% with convenience options rising: OCS report
Pre-rolls captured 19% of the province’s overall cannabis sales, while milled flower sales doubled.
Pre-rolls captured 19% of the province’s overall cannabis sales, while milled flower sales doubled.
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o cannabis industry leaders say they are hopeful that new appointments to the health ministry could bode well for their efforts at lobbying for changes to Canada’s cannabis regulations, especially hot button issues like taxes on medical cannabis.
ennawae McLean has been named the executive director for the Canadian chapter of NORML, National Organization for Reform of Marijuana Laws.
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Seniors aged 65 or older are the country’s fastest growing age group of cannabis users, according to data collected by Statistics Canada.
“And from what I can tell, we have doing quite well all along because we have such a great team, of course, but a super supportive community that’s been following us.”
“I see our number-one status as a win for independents overall,” she says. “We did this with our own vision, our own drive and our own investment.”
“We have a temporary responsibility, which is a labor of love. It’s definitely a charity that we’re doing. Deliveries don’t really make us money — it just helps us serve the community better,” she says, explaining there are the added costs of bringing on drivers and using a delivery app service.
McLean would like the province to provide clarity about how long stores will be allowed to offer delivery and curbside pickup as part of the phased reopening of the economy.
Ca·lyx [ˈkāliks]:
A protective layer
that forms over
the developing flower.
Tri·chomes [ˈtrīkōmz] :
Resin that forms
a protective barrier
on cannabis and
contains terpenes
and cannabinoids
like THC and CBD.