Few will buy pot: poll

CRA finds one in seven P.E.I. residents intend to purchase legalized marijuana

A small minority of Prince Edward Island residents intend to buy marijuana occasionally for personal use once it’s legalized, according to a recent survey. The Corporate Research Associates (CRA) poll found one in seven, or 15 per cent of Islanders, said they would either definitely or probably purchase marijuana at least occasionally for personal use.

Meanwhile, just over eight in 10 (84 per cent) of residents will probably not or definitely not do so.

The intent to purchase legal marijuana for personal use is lower in Prince County (seven per cent) than in both Kings County (19 per cent) and Queens County (18 per cent).

Across Atlantic Canada, intent to purchase marijuana for personal use in P.E.I. is similar to that of New Brunswick (20 per cent) and Nova Scotia (19 per cent), but is lower compared to that of Newfoundland and Labrador (23 per cent).

“Current purchase intentions for marijuana for personal use in Prince Edward Island are the lowest in Atlantic Canada,” said the CRA’s Don Mills. “If these purchase intentions are discounted to reflect the likelihood of such purchases, the market for marijuana on the Island will be quite modest.”

These results are part of the CRA Atlantic Quarterly, an independent, quarterly telephone survey of Atlantic Canadians, and are based on a telephone sample of 300 adult Prince Edward Islanders, conducted from Nov. 1 to 30, with overall results accurate to within plus or minus 5.6 percentage points, 95 out of 100 times.

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