Canadians spent more on alcohol, cannabis when the pandemic began, research shows – CTV News

The findings, gathered by the Peter Boris Centre for Addictions Research of McMaster University, St.

Alcohol sales returned to more typical levels after March 2020, but remained elevated overall.

MacKillop says that while the predictions accounted for a rapidly expanding legal market, the pandemic may have shifted cannabis consumers from illegal sales to legal, online purchasing.

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