Drug Policy

Transitions to legal cannabis markets

Legal market capture of cannabis expenditures in Canada following federal cannabis legalization

Highlights

•Legal market capture of cannabis 5 years post-legalization in Canada is ∼78 %.

•Dried flower accounted for approximately 60 % of all legal cannabis expenditures.

•Higher legal market capture for drinks, vapes, and capsules; lower for concentrates.

•Overall, evidence of substantial transition in expenditures from illegal to legal cannabis market.

Read more in the International Journal of Drug Policy