Table 2 Perceptions of cannabis from legal sources, 2019–2021
From: Consumer perceptions of legal cannabis products in Canada, 2019–2021: a repeat cross-sectional study
Cannabis from legal sources vs illegal sources % (n) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
2019 n = 4,857 | 2020 n = 4,652 | 2021 n = 5,802 | Pooled years n = 15,311 | |
Quality of legal cannabis | ||||
Higher quality | 25.9 (1177) | 25.6 (1110) | 29.3 (1616) | 27.1 (3903) |
No difference | 24.7 (1159) | 26.8 (1145) | 27.6 (1445) | 26.4 (3749) |
Lower quality | 19.7 (913) | 18.8 (816) | 16.3 (895) | 18.1 (2624) |
Don’t know | 29.8 (1568) | 28.9 (1558) | 26.8 (1808) | 28.4 (4934) |
Price of legal cannabis | ||||
More expensive | 57.4 (2763) | 50.1 (2348) | 47.2 (2721) | 51.3 (7832) |
No difference | 13.9 (623) | 17.3 (678) | 19.9 (1007) | 17.2 (2308) |
Less expensive | 6.1 (251) | 7.8 (313) | 9.5 (499) | 7.9 (1063) |
Don’t know | 22.6 (1178) | 24.8 (1293) | 23.4 (1545) | 23.6 (4016) |
Convenience of buying legal cannabis | ||||
More convenient | 34.3 (1837) | 40.0 (2037) | 47.8 (2848) | 41.1 (6722) |
No difference | 25.9 (1179) | 26.9 (1144) | 25.9 (1405) | 26.2 (3728) |
Less convenient | 22.2 (953) | 15.0 (569) | 10.9 (549) | 15.7 (2071) |
Don’t know | 17.6 (847) | 18.1 (876) | 15.5 (961) | 17.0 (2684) |
Safety of using legal cannabis | ||||
Safer to use | 42.6 (2144) | 42.8 (2141) | 46.8 (2806) | 44.2 (7091) |
No difference | 34.5 (1602) | 34.8 (1462) | 33.1 (1774) | 34.1 (4838) |
Less safe to use | 4.4 (180) | 4.4 (158) | 3.6 (177) | 4.1 (515) |
Don’t know | 18.5 (890) | 18.0 (859) | 16.5 (1015) | 17.6 (2764) |
Safety of buying legal cannabis | ||||
Safer to buy | 49.8 (2520) | 49.7 (2458) | 54.0 (3213) | 51.3 (8191) |
No difference | 29.7 (1362) | 31.4 (1308) | 29.0 (1549) | 30.0 (4219) |
Less safe to buy | 4.1 (171) | 3.0 (111) | 3.5 (164) | 3.5 (446) |
Don’t know | 16.3 (763) | 15.9 (753) | 13.5 (844) | 15.1 (2360) |