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submitted 2 years ago by sik0fewl@kbin.social to c/canada@lemmy.ca

With high taxes, a saturated market and few options, some of Canada's legal cannabis producers are struggling.

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[-] Sir_Osis_of_Liver@kbin.social 9 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Yup. Just like any new market/product. A pile of people rush in, a pile fail, and the rest consolidate into a few well established players and dominate the market.

In a previous career, I was involved in salmon aquaculture in the Bay of Fundy. When I first got in, along with dozens of other companies, we were getting $8.50/lb at the farm. Five years later, we were struggling to get $2.50/lb, which wasn't enough to cover production costs. Thirty years later, there's basically one company dominating in the area. Profitability is still dodgy.

StatsCan has been doing a fair amount of surveying on cannabis in general. They found that 69% (nice) of users buy from legal storefronts or legal websites. Another 25% was home-grown, or from friends/family. The remaining 6% was from dealers or illegal shops/websites.

https://www.canada.ca/content/dam/hc-sc/images/services/drugs-medication/cannabis/research-data/canadian-cannabis-survey-2022-summary/fig12-eng.jpg

https://www.canada.ca/en/health-canada/services/drugs-medication/cannabis/research-data/canadian-cannabis-survey-2022-summary.html

this post was submitted on 19 Aug 2023
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