After legalization: Four things to know about cannabis in Quebec
Legalization has highlighted the province's thirst for the "sticky icky" but also some chronic problems that have come with the new market
The Montreal Gazette (Canada)
Thursday, January 17, 2019
Thursday, January 17, 2019
In Quebec — where the product is sold by the government-run Société Québécoise du Cannabis (SQDC) — legalization has highlighted the province’s thirst for the “sticky icky” but also some chronic problems that have come with the new market. Quebecers had all but exhausted the province’s supply of legal weed within hours of legalization. Demand was so high that the government-run SQDC had to shut down three days a week to keep from running dry. The cannabis shortage rippled from the recreational market to the medical space within hours. Patients at Santé Cannabis frantically called the Montreal Clinic in October, worried that they wouldn’t be able to access their medicine. The black market and “grey market” are still thriving.
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