Shoppers Drug Mart Right Spot to Sell Medicinal Pot: Poll

Forum poll says six out of 10 Canadians on side with Shoppers application to sell medicinal weed.

A majority of Canadians are high on Shoppers Drug Mart selling medicinal marijuana, especially young adults and higher-income earners, a new Forum Research poll says.

Sixty-one per cent said they approve of Canada’s largest pharmacy applying to become a licensed marijuana producer for the purpose of retailing medicinal weed while 30 per cent disapprove and the remainder have no opinion either way, the new survey says.

Besides the 85 per cent of recent cannabis users, those ages 18 to 34 were most in favour, with 76 per cent giving Shoppers the thumbs up along with 71 per cent of the wealthiest surveyed (earning between $100,000 to $250,000 a year). 

The regions most on board with the Shoppers application are the Atlantic provinces at 72 per cent and B.C. at 67 per cent, the...

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