UVic study finds cannabis has become cheaper, more potent since legalization in 2018

The provincial government in 2020 sold 8,000 kg of THC through the wholesale, retail and online market, generating about $290 million in gross revenue, with the trendline pointing up.

Examples of such strong policy solutions might include cannabis-specific taxes, minimum prices per gram of THC and potency restrictions, he added.

That last point looms especially large in the report as the potency for flower and pre-roll cannabis products, accounting for 84 per cent of all sales, has increased since legalization.

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