Preparing the statistical system for the legalization of cannabis - ARCHIVED
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Statistics Canada is presently preparing the statistical system to be able to gauge the impact of the transition from illegal to legal non-medical cannabis use and to shed light on the social and economic activities related to the use of cannabis thereafter. While the system of social statistics captures some information on the use of cannabis, updates will be required to more accurately measure health effects and the impact on the judicial system. Current statistical infrastructure used to more comprehensively measure the use and impacts of substances such as tobacco and alcohol could be adapted to do the same for cannabis. However, available economic statistics are largely silent on the role illegal drugs play in the economy. Both social and economic statistics will need to be updated to reflect the legalization of cannabis and the challenge is especially great for economic statistics This paper provides a summary of the work that is now under way toward these ends.
Main Product: Latest Developments in the Canadian Economic Accounts
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Data
- Tables: Cannabis consumer and producer prices
- Tables: Cannabis income account
- Tables: Cannabis industry production account
- Tables: Cannabis supply, use and gross domestic product
- Tables: Household final consumption expenditure of cannabis, inactive
- Tables: Licensed cannabis industry statistics
- Tables: Prevalence of cannabis consumption in Canada
Analysis
- Stats in brief: A cannabis economic account – The framework
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