The government of British Columbia found overall support for adult-use marijuana consumption spaces among cannabis users and businesses in a 2022 public consultation – while nonusers and “some public health and safety organizations (and) local governments” expressed opposition.
The B.C. government “is now considering whether cannabis consumption spaces should be permitted,” according to a report released Tuesday.
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Among random phone survey respondents interviewed in April and May 2022, 61% supported consumption spaces.
Of the 730 telephone survey respondents, 35% had used cannabis at least once in the past year.
However, a separate online survey produced different results.
It found that only 34% of online respondents supported consumption spaces – a difference the B.C. government attributed to potential self-selection bias in the online survey “from people who feel strongly either for or against cannabis consumption spaces.”
There were 15,362 online survey respondents, 30% of whom used cannabis
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