In the five years since cannabis became legalized, over 100 dispensaries have popped up across northern Ontario and sales this year topped $100 million.
At Thanksgiving dinner, while his older relatives were sipping beer and wine, John Borowski pulled out a Creamsicle-flavoured cannabis drink.The 40-year-old Sudburian, who first tried marijuana when he was 12, doesn't believe that would have happened five years ago."Because we're talking about huge generation gaps.
And cannabis sales in northern Ontario have gone from $15 million in 2020 to $116 million during just the first eight months of 2023. He says research shows that about 20 per cent of the population are regular cannabis users that spend about $100 per month and flower cannabis still greatly outsells edibles and concentrates.Northern Ontario Marijuana users 'coming out of the closet' with legalization
"The core users, both legal and black market cannabis, the core is still the same after five years. I don't think we've penetrated too much outside of the core."
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