Pot use doubles in Canada: study
Posted February 21, 2018 7:04 pm.
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OTTAWA, ON. (NEWS 1130) – More and more Canadians are using marijuana, according to new figures from Statistics Canada. In fact, pot use has more than doubled within the last 30 years or so.
The new study from the national agency finds in 1985 just less than six per cent of Canadians smoked weed, while in 2015 that number was just over 12 per cent.
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Michelle Rotermann with Stats Can says there are some interesting trends when you break the numbers down.
“Individuals aged 15 to 24, so youth and young adults, we found their pastured cannabis use was either decreasing or remained stabled. Whereas, for individuals aged 25 and older, the trends show that the prevalence of cannabis use is increasing.”
The study also shows over that time period the rate of marijuana use for teenagers and young adults stayed steady or declined, while the rates for older adults increased.
The Trudeau government is set to legalize marijuana as early as August. The original deadline was July, but that has been pushed back due to legislative delays in the Senate.