Pot prices up 17.3% post-legalization, StatCan says

The average cost of dried cannabis has gone up by more than 17 per cent since legalization, with consumers in New Brunswick and Manitoba seeing the biggest jumps, according to an analysis compiled by Statistics Canada. As well, the cost of a legal gram of weed appears to be rising as illegal cannabis prices drop. Statistics Canada said Wednesday the unweighted average price per gram of dried cannabis from both legal and illegal sources combined post-legalization was $8.04. That legal price, whic