Dr. Matthew Hill

That obviously becomes very important because there are clearly minoritized communities. They get hit more with this than other communities. And so the kind of perpetual disenfranchisement that happens with a prohibition model in communities that are already suffering from various other things that affect them just potentiates all that.

That obviously becomes very important because there are clearly minoritized communities. They get hit more with this than other communities. And so the kind of perpetual disenfranchisement that happens with a prohibition model in communities that are already suffering from various other things that affect them just potentiates all that.

So I can understand the legal framework behind why there'd be a move to a legalization state over a prohibition state, which again, a lot of people confuse legality with safety, which is a weird, I mean, alcohol is the perfect example of this. I mean, you look at the scale of harms on a public health level, I mean, alcohol stacks at the top.

So I can understand the legal framework behind why there'd be a move to a legalization state over a prohibition state, which again, a lot of people confuse legality with safety, which is a weird, I mean, alcohol is the perfect example of this. I mean, you look at the scale of harms on a public health level, I mean, alcohol stacks at the top.

So I can understand the legal framework behind why there'd be a move to a legalization state over a prohibition state, which again, a lot of people confuse legality with safety, which is a weird, I mean, alcohol is the perfect example of this. I mean, you look at the scale of harms on a public health level, I mean, alcohol stacks at the top.

across the board in terms of harms to the individual, harms to society, it's a lot. Cannabis has harms. There's no question on that. It just would fall lower than alcohol. But the way that people view it, a lot of people are like, alcohol is legal, therefore it's safe, and it's not something to judge people on. Cannabis, at least historically, was illegal, and in some states still is.

across the board in terms of harms to the individual, harms to society, it's a lot. Cannabis has harms. There's no question on that. It just would fall lower than alcohol. But the way that people view it, a lot of people are like, alcohol is legal, therefore it's safe, and it's not something to judge people on. Cannabis, at least historically, was illegal, and in some states still is.

across the board in terms of harms to the individual, harms to society, it's a lot. Cannabis has harms. There's no question on that. It just would fall lower than alcohol. But the way that people view it, a lot of people are like, alcohol is legal, therefore it's safe, and it's not something to judge people on. Cannabis, at least historically, was illegal, and in some states still is.

So people view it very differently. And I think it's An interesting thing, because I feel like, you know, despite the fact that some people hate the government and hate the way that it regulates their life, there's this weird passive belief that, like, if the government dictates something is legal, that means it's safe.

So people view it very differently. And I think it's An interesting thing, because I feel like, you know, despite the fact that some people hate the government and hate the way that it regulates their life, there's this weird passive belief that, like, if the government dictates something is legal, that means it's safe.

So people view it very differently. And I think it's An interesting thing, because I feel like, you know, despite the fact that some people hate the government and hate the way that it regulates their life, there's this weird passive belief that, like, if the government dictates something is legal, that means it's safe.

Yeah. So it depends on how you break this down. So what we've seen in Canada is I would say there's like demographic differences. Proportionately, when we look at the biggest change in use, it's actually elderly communities. It's like 55 plus, especially women over 55 tend to be more cannabis, more cannabis use. Now, granted, their baseline was quite low, pre-legalization.

Yeah. So it depends on how you break this down. So what we've seen in Canada is I would say there's like demographic differences. Proportionately, when we look at the biggest change in use, it's actually elderly communities. It's like 55 plus, especially women over 55 tend to be more cannabis, more cannabis use. Now, granted, their baseline was quite low, pre-legalization.

Yeah. So it depends on how you break this down. So what we've seen in Canada is I would say there's like demographic differences. Proportionately, when we look at the biggest change in use, it's actually elderly communities. It's like 55 plus, especially women over 55 tend to be more cannabis, more cannabis use. Now, granted, their baseline was quite low, pre-legalization.

So if you look at a fold change, it looks like a very dramatic increase. Raw numbers, it's probably not that high. But, I mean, it was like 1% to 2% or something before, and now it's gone up to like 8% or something. So it's a fourfold increase kind of thing. So we do see the magnitude of that seems to be the biggest in terms of where the uses come from.

So if you look at a fold change, it looks like a very dramatic increase. Raw numbers, it's probably not that high. But, I mean, it was like 1% to 2% or something before, and now it's gone up to like 8% or something. So it's a fourfold increase kind of thing. So we do see the magnitude of that seems to be the biggest in terms of where the uses come from.

So if you look at a fold change, it looks like a very dramatic increase. Raw numbers, it's probably not that high. But, I mean, it was like 1% to 2% or something before, and now it's gone up to like 8% or something. So it's a fourfold increase kind of thing. So we do see the magnitude of that seems to be the biggest in terms of where the uses come from.

Definitely the young adult population, like 20, 24, that group has definitely seen increased use as well.

Definitely the young adult population, like 20, 24, that group has definitely seen increased use as well.

Definitely the young adult population, like 20, 24, that group has definitely seen increased use as well.