From: Consumer perceptions of legal cannabis products in Canada, 2019–2021: a repeat cross-sectional study
Safer to use legal cannabis products AOR (95% CI) N = 15,060 | Safer purchasing legal cannabis products AOR (95% CI) N = 15,067 | |||||
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Safer to use (vs. less) | No diff (vs. less) | Don’t know (vs. less) | Safer to buy (vs. less) | No diff (vs. less) | Don’t know (vs. less) | |
Survey year | ||||||
2021 (vs 2020) | 1.42 (1.07, 1.89) | 1.19 (0.89, 1.59) | 1.20 (0.89, 1.62) | 0.98 (0.73, 1.33) | 0.81 (0.60, 1.10) | 0.78 (0.56, 1.07) |
2020 (vs 2019) | 0.97 (0.73, 1.30) | 0.96 (0.72, 1.28) | 0.95 (0.70, 1.29) | 1.33 (0.98, 1.80) | 1.38 (1.01, 1.88) | 1.32 (0.95, 1.83) |
2021 (vs 2019) | 1.39 (1.06, 1.82) | 1.14 (0.87, 1.50) | 1.15 (0.86, 1.53) | 1.31 (0.99, 1.73) | 1.12 (0.85, 1.49) | 1.02 (0.76, 1.38) |
Province of residence | ||||||
British Columbia | 0.79 (0.54, 1.15) | 1.21 (0.83, 1.78) | 1.47 (0.98, 2.21) | 1.19 (0.79, 1.81) | 2.07 (1.36, 3.16) | 2.03 (1.30, 3.16) |
Alberta | 0.97 (0.64, 1.46) | 0.97 (0.63, 1.48) | 1.24 (0.80, 1.94) | 1.16 (0.75, 1.79) | 1.11 (0.71, 1.73) | 1.31 (0.82, 2.10) |
Saskatchewan | 0.99 (0.55, 1.77) | 1.20 (0.67, 2.16) | 1.20 (0.65, 2.22) | 1.61 (0.83, 3.10) | 1.78 (0.91, 3.51) | 1.81 (0.90, 3.62) |
Manitoba | 0.93 (0.50, 1.75) | 1.02 (0.54, 1.92) | 1.31 (0.68, 2.53) | 1.07 (0.59, 1.96) | 1.14 (0.62, 2.10) | 1.38 (0.72, 2.63) |
Ontario | 0.74 (0.53, 1.04) | 0.85 (0.60, 1.21) | 1.11 (0.77, 1.60) | 0.92 (0.64, 1.30) | 1.16 (0.81, 1.66) | 1.31 (0.90, 1.92) |
New Brunswick | 1.02 (0.59, 1.77) | 1.17 (0.68, 2.04) | 1.54 (0.87, 2.73) | 1.75 (0.87, 3.50) | 2.11 (1.04, 4.27) | 2.38 (1.16, 4.91) |
Nova Scotia | 0.83 (0.45, 1.53) | 1.28 (0.69, 2.38) | 1.29 (0.68, 2.46) | 1.69 (0.85, 3.56) | 2.39 (1.19, 4.79) | 2.01 (0.99, 4.11) |
Prince Edward Island | 0.48 (0.17, 1.32) | 0.40 (0.14, 1.18) | 0.48 (0.16, 1.48) | 1.39 (0.41, 4.67) | 1.27 (0.37, 4.39) | 1.68 (0.43, 6.49) |
Newfoundland & Labrador | 1.29 (0.66, 2.52) | 1.25 (0.63, 2.46) | 1.43 (0.70, 2.89) | 4.36 (1.70, 11.19) | 4.13 (1.59, 10.69) | 3.97 (1.50, 10.56) |
Québec | REF | REF | REF | REF | REF | REF |
Cannabis use frequency | ||||||
Past year but less than monthly | REF | REF | REF | REF | REF | REF |
Monthly | 0.59 (0.41, 0.83) | 0.88 (0.62, 1.26) | 0.45 (0.31, 0.64) | 0.58 (0.41, 0.82) | 0.86 (0.60, 1.24) | 0.41 (0.28, 0.59) |
Weekly | 0.73 (0.50, 1.06) | 1.17 (0.80, 1.71) | 0.38 (0.26, 0.57) | 0.78 (0.53, 1.15) | 1.28 (0.86, 1.91) | 0.42 (0.28, 0.63) |
Daily/almost daily | 0.49 (0.36, 0.69) | 1.32 (0.95, 1.85) | 0.33 (0.23, 0.46) | 0.61 (0.43, 0.88) | 1.47 (1.02, 2.11) | 0.35 (0.24, 0.50) |