Access to cannabis retail stores across Canada 6 months following legalization: a descriptive study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

On Oct. 17, 2018, Canada legalized recreational cannabis with the dual goals of reducing youth use and eliminating the illicit cannabis market. We examined factors associated with access to physical cannabis stores across Canada 6 months following legalization.

Methods

We extracted the address and operating hours of all legal cannabis stores in Canada from online government and private listings. We conducted a descriptive study examining the association between private/hybrid (mixture of government and private stores) and government-only retail models with 4 measures of physical access to cannabis: store density, weekly hours of operation, median distance to the nearest school and relative availability of cannabis stores between low- and high-income neighbourhoods

SUBMITTER: Myran DT 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6715107 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jul-Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature