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Beyond the Bud: new cannabis products and modes of consumption in Ontario, Canada's legal hybrid market.
| Τίτλος: | Beyond the Bud: new cannabis products and modes of consumption in Ontario, Canada's legal hybrid market. |
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| Συγγραφείς: | Noël C; Department of Psychology, Lakehead University, 955 Oliver Road, Thunder Bay, Ontario, P7B 5E1, Canada., Dookie S; Department of Health Sciences, Lakehead University. 955 Oliver Road, Thunder Bay, Ontario, P7B 5E1, Canada., Scharf DM; Department of Psychology, Lakehead University, 955 Oliver Road, Thunder Bay, Ontario, P7B 5E1, Canada. deborah.scharf@thp.ca.; Department of Health Sciences, Lakehead University. 955 Oliver Road, Thunder Bay, Ontario, P7B 5E1, Canada. deborah.scharf@thp.ca.; Institute for Better Health, Trillium Health Partners, 2085 Hurontario Street, Mississauga, Ontario, L5A 4G1, Canada. deborah.scharf@thp.ca.; Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, University of Toronto, 371 Bloor Street West, Toronto, Ontario, M5S 1V6, Canada. deborah.scharf@thp.ca. |
| Πηγή: | Substance abuse treatment, prevention, and policy [Subst Abuse Treat Prev Policy] 2026 May 28; Vol. 21 (1). Date of Electronic Publication: 2026 May 28. |
| Τύπος έκδοσης: | Journal Article |
| Γλώσσα: | English |
| Στοιχεία περιοδικού: | Publisher: BioMed Central Country of Publication: England NLM ID: 101258060 Publication Model: Electronic Cited Medium: Internet ISSN: 1747-597X (Electronic) Linking ISSN: 1747597X NLM ISO Abbreviation: Subst Abuse Treat Prev Policy Subsets: MEDLINE |
| Imprint Name(s): | Original Publication: [London] : BioMed Central, 2006- |
| Ιατρικοί όροι (MeSH): | Commerce*/statistics & numerical data , Commerce*/legislation & jurisprudence , Cannabis*, Dronabinol/administration & dosage ; Ontario ; Humans ; Legislation, Drug |
| Περίληψη: | Background: Canada is home to a very active commercial legal cannabis market, offering insight into the opportunities and challenges posed by rapid cannabis commercialization under a hybrid regulatory model. This environmental scan provides a descriptive snapshot of available cannabis products, modes of consumption, and their advertised product potencies. Methods: Researchers extracted cannabis product type, mode(s) of consumption, and drug (THC, CBD) potency information from the online inventories of ten large Ontario, Canada cannabis retailers. Products and modes were categorized according to Canadian Cannabis Survey (CCS) categories where applicable. Results: Ontario retailers sell cannabis products including dried flower, hash/hashish, oils, vape pens, concentrates, edibles, beverages and topicals. Drug potencies varied within and across product types and were reported in non-standardized units. Modes of consumption included inhalation (smoking/vaping/dabbing of a range of flower and concentrate products), oral ingestion (eating, drinking), mucosal absorption (sublingual, vaginal) and topical, transdermal applications. We identified new products, terms, and features (e.g. multimodal products), not described in resources informed by the CCS. Conclusions: Ontario's hybrid cannabis retail environment demonstrates substantial product and labeling diversity. These findings underscore the importance of adaptable surveillance frameworks capable of capturing evolving products, modes, and potency reporting practices. This scan offers a structured, replicable approach to monitoring cannabis product and mode trends in a rapidly evolving legal market context and may inform regulatory and public health discussions internationally. Clinical Trial Number: Not applicable. (© 2026. The Author(s).) |
| Competing Interests: | Declarations. Ethics approval and consent to participate: Not applicable. Consent for publication: Not applicable. Competing interests: The authors declare no competing interests. |
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| Contributed Indexing: | Keywords: Cannabis; Cannabis use; Drug legislation; Prevention & control; Public policy |
| Substance Nomenclature: | 7J8897W37S (Dronabinol) |
| Entry Date(s): | Date Created: 20260529 Date Completed: 20260730 Latest Revision: 20260801 |
| Update Code: | 20260801 |
| PubMed Central ID: | PMC13422286 |
| DOI: | 10.1186/s13011-026-00735-4 |
| PMID: | 42210285 |
| Βάση Δεδομένων: | MEDLINE |
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