Past
week pot usage claimed by 1-in-10
Close to one fifth of those under 35 claim use in past week
TORONTO April
16th, 2015 - In
a random sampling of public opinion among 1365 Canadians 18 years of age and
older taken by the Forum Poll™, one tenth explicitly claimed they had consumed
cannabis in the past week (9%), while a further one tenth chose not to answer
the question (8%) which may be interpreted as an admission. Thus, between one
tenth and close to one fifth of all adult Canadians get stoned at least once a
week. Just more than 8-in-10 explicitly say they have not used pot this
recently (82%).
Between one fifth and one third of the youngest have used in
past week
Among
those most likely to claim past week pot usage are the youngest (17% claimed,
11% won’t say), males (12% and 8%), the least wealthy (less than $40K; a proxy
for youth - 14% and 13%), Bloc Quebecois voters (29% and 5%, caution: small
base size), the least educated (14% and 12%) and those reached by cell phone
(another proxy for youth - 14% and 8%).
"Curiously, unlike most of the
social issues we poll, there doesn’t appear to be a strong partisan element in
marijuana usage; Conservatives are slightly less likely to claim to have got
high in the past week, but a significant minority did" said Forum
Research President, Dr. Lorne Bozinoff.
Lorne Bozinoff, Ph.D. is the president and founder of Forum
Research. He can be reached at lbozinoff@forumresearch.com or at (416)
960-9603.
