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. 2021 Nov 1;4(11):e2133076.
doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2021.33076.

National Retail Sales of Alcohol and Cannabis During the COVID-19 Pandemic in Canada

James MacKillop  1   2   3 , Alysha Cooper  3 , Jean Costello  3
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National Retail Sales of Alcohol and Cannabis During the COVID-19 Pandemic in Canada

James MacKillop et al. JAMA Netw Open. .

Abstract

This economic evaluation examines national retail sales of alcohol and cannabis before and during the COVID-19 pandemic in Canada.

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Conflict of interest statement

Conflict of Interest Disclosures: Dr MacKillop reported serving as principal and senior scientist at Beam Diagnostics and receiving consulting fees from Clairvoyant Therapeutics outside the submitted work. No other disclosures were reported.

Figures

Figure 1.
Figure 1.. National Alcohol Retail Sales 16 Months Prior to and During the First 16 Months of the COVID-19 Pandemic in Canada
A, Dark blue bars indicate prepandemic alcohol sales; light blue bars, intrapandemic alcohol sales; orange line, linear counterfactual trend. B, Circles indicate monthly sales; solid line, intrapandemic trend; dashed line, counterfactual trend; shaded area, COVID-19 period.
Figure 2.
Figure 2.. National Cannabis Retail Sales 16 Months Prior to and During the First 16 Months of the COVID-19 Pandemic in Canada
A, Dark blue bars indicate prepandemic cannabis sales; light blue bars, intrapandemic cannabis sales; orange line, linear counterfactual trend. B, Circles indicate monthly sales; solid line, intrapandemic trend; dashed line, counterfactual trend; shaded area, COVID-19 period.
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