Legal Pot Stores and Sales.

[MikePal]

It's been 3 yrs since the Liberals legalized pot, with the promise it would eliminate the Black Market and make our streets safer.

latest report: it has only captured 44%

Consumers can also purchase cannabis online directly from the Ontario Cannabis Store. The provincial agency said its online store and its retail partners sold $840.1 million worth of cannabis across Ontario last year and estimates it captured 44 per cent of the market – meaning the majority of pot purchased in the province still comes from the black market.

Interesting stats for Ottawa:

Cannabis consumers purchased more than $13 million worth of legal pot in Ottawa from authorized retailers in the first quarter of the year, according to new figures from the province.

The snapshot of the local cannabis market provided by the Ontario Cannabis Store Thursday shows that while sales revenues have remained relatively constant over the past year, the number of brick-and-mortar stores operating in Ottawa has multiplied from seven in the first quarter of 2020 to 28 in the same period this year.

By some experts’ calculations, if all of the pending stores in Ottawa do launch as planned, there will be twice as many cannabis retail stores in Ottawa as there are LCBO and The Beer Store outlets combined.

I know here in Kempville with a population of around 2K there will be x5 pot stores opened by the end of the year...only x1 Beer and x1 LCBO outlet HaHa.

If sales have flatlined over the pandemic, I can't see them increasing much more after it's done and people go back to work.

The Bloomburg Financial Report on Pot sales: https://www.bnnbloomberg.ca/five-key...port-1.1624698

[Bushwhacker]

The Liberals failed to execute a plan that actually worked?

In other news, water is wet lol.

The streets have been anything but safer since one ridiculous policy after the other. I've seen these dispensaries popping up all over the place near the cottage. A few right on the main drag...no shame.

I'm sure there are a few people with medical conditions made better by weed (or it's non-psychoactive cousin CBD). But the vast majority of those that routinely smoke it are weak, lazy addicts in denial.

[Badenoch]

After the end of prohibition illegal alcohol production and sales continued for decades. Every town in that era had a "bootlegger." Therefore it's no surprise an illegal cannabis market exists in parallel to the legal system as does a market for illegal cigarettes.

Legalizing cannabis has however taken almost an $800 million dollar bite out of criminal enterprises as well as generated tax revenues and created legal employment. Similar to alcohol the illegal market can be expected to shrink over time which is where growth in the legal system will come from.

[Ata83]

I'm sure there are a few people with medical conditions made better by weed (or it's psychoactive cousin CBD). But the vast majority of those that routinely smoke it are weak, lazy addicts in denial.

I assume you do not drink ?

[Ata83]

besides the tax grab, main point of this, was to eliminate the dealer / user interactions, specially in younger generations, and it has worked amazingly from what I see.

collage students no longer have to meet a shady dealer behind the corner, and get offered 17 other type A drugs, before being able to purchase weed.

with the prices coming down on government sites, they will capture older users as well soon.

Funniest part of it all was through the past year, you could goto a family gathering and smoke weed, and illegal part was gathering with family. lol

[Badenoch]

besides the tax grab, main point of this, was to eliminate the dealer / user interactions, specially in younger generations, and it has worked amazingly from what I see.

collage students no longer have to meet a shady dealer behind the corner, and get offered 17 other type A drugs, before being able to purchase weed.

with the prices coming down on government sites, they will capture older users as well soon.

Funniest part of it all was through the past year, you could goto a family gathering and smoke weed, and illegal part was gathering with family. lol

All reasons why the legal system will continue to grow while the illegal component withers.

The LCBO did not cut into the bootlegging market until it became a more consumer friendly operation that was competitively priced. In my earliest drinking days the LCBO was a dull place where you had to fill out a form, present it at a counter and your adult beverage was handed to you in a brown paper bag.

What I find funny is that to this day I cannot drink a beer in a park but smoking a joint is perfectly legal.

[JoePa]

I assume you do not drink ?

There is a difference - I drink beer because I like the taste of it - nothing like having a nice cold glass of beer after working in the yard - I don't drink it to put my brain to sleep - like when you take dope -

[canadaman30]

I rather pick it from the garden. Much cheaper
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[Ata83]

There is a difference - I drink beer because I like the taste of it - nothing like having a nice cold glass of beer after working in the yard - I don't drink it to put my brain to sleep - like when you take dope -

I understand what you mean. I love my beer too, specially warmer days, under the sun on lake ... but 6 beers in and ill be side ways, ready to sleep.

same with dope. there are different types [think single malt vs beer for example] and amounts one can smoke, plus less hang over if u do go overboard.

both are not good. one can certainly drink and smoke their talents away as an old Philosopher sais. moderation I guess is the key, but they are not That much different other then one being newer in legal side.

[canadaman30]

There is a difference - I drink beer because I like the taste of it - nothing like having a nice cold glass of beer after working in the yard - I don't drink it to put my brain to sleep - like when you take dope -

I take mine before working in the yard. Doctors orders JoePa. It's kind of all day everyday life.

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