Business experts say B.C.’s deep-rooted cannabis culture is making marijuana users more reluctant than those in other provinces to ditch their dealer or dispensary for Canada’s legalized recreational system.
In the first 24 hours after opening Oct. 17, B.C. Cannabis Stores made close to 10,000 sales online and at its only store, in Kamloops, but sales took a steep drop, down to about 3,100 on Oct. 18, followed by 8,700 spread over the next five days.
Meantime, in Ontario, whose population is roughly triple B.C.’s 4.8 million, the online-only Ontario Cannabis Store hit 100,000 sales in the first 24 hours (the OCS did not immediately return a request for first-week sales data).
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