Living in Canada legalizing Cannabis has indeed introduced more people to using it. I think you underestimate the stigma attached to using illicit substances, a

Living in Canada legalizing Cannabis has indeed introduced more people to using it. I think you underestimate the stigma attached to using illicit substances, and the barrier this places on regular folk. > By 2019, more than 5.1 million people nationally, or 16.8% of Canadians aged 15 or older, reported using cannabis in the three months before surveying (Table 1). This was higher than the 14.9% (4.5 million) reporting use, on average, in 2018 (before legalization). https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/n1/pub/82-003-x/2020002/article/00002-eng.htm https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/n1/pub/82-003-x/2020002/article... Usage in 2020 was up to around 20% overall: https://www.canada.ca/en/health-canada/services/drugs-medication/cannabis/research-data/canadian-cannabis-survey-2020-summary.html#a2 https://www.canada.ca/en/health-canada/services/drugs-medica...