Statistics Canada is crowdsourcing to gather information about why Canadians use pot — and how much they pay for it.
In what is a first for the federal agency, it launched the cannabis crowdsourcing initiative to try to fill information gaps as Canada gets set to legalize marijuana in July.
“Tell us about your last purchase of dried cannabis — submissions are anonymous!” reads the call for participants.”Your data is protected.”
More than 5,000 respondents have taken part since the online survey launched Thursday.
The online questionnaire asks consumers what price they paid for what quantity and quality, what city it was purchased in, and whether it was used to medicate or use recreationally. It also lists a table with average pricing in each of the provinces and the territories, showing a range of $6.94 to $9.52 per gram, with prices gleaned from third-party sources such as www.priceofweed.com.
Kathleen Harris – CBC News – January 30, 2018.
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