{"id":4347,"date":"2026-06-07T14:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-07T21:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/infonews.ca\/?p=7666386"},"modified":"2026-06-07T14:00:15","modified_gmt":"2026-06-07T21:00:15","slug":"in-numbers-cannabis-sales-take-a-dive-in-bc-southern-interior","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/infonews.ca\/in420\/news\/4347\/in-numbers-cannabis-sales-take-a-dive-in-bc-southern-interior\/","title":{"rendered":"iN NUMBERS: Cannabis sales take a dive in BC Southern Interior"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sometimes it seems like there\u2019s a pot shop on every block, so business must be booming. But that isn\u2019t necessarily the case. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The BC Liquor Distribution Branch put out the figures for weed sales and the Southern Interior\u2019s figures have dropped the most.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Here are the numbers:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>165: <\/strong>Pot shops are in the Southern Interior, the same as last year and the most for any region in B.C.<br \/><strong>18.5:<\/strong> Per cent. That was the drop in cannabis sales by units for the first few months of 2026 compared to 2025 in the Southern Interior.<br \/><strong>6.5: <\/strong>Per cent. That was the drop in sales in dollars for the first few months of 2026 compared to 2025 in the Southern Interior.<br \/><strong>29: <\/strong>Million dollars. That\u2019s the value of cannabis products sold in the Southern Interior in the first three months of 2026.<br \/><strong>1.8:<\/strong> Million units of cannabis products were sold in the Southern Interior in the first three months of 2026.<br \/><strong>115,360: <\/strong>Dollars. That\u2019s the total value of seed sales from BC Cannabis Wholesale for the first three months of 2026.<br \/><strong>4.63: <\/strong>Dollars per gram was the average price for cannabis at the start of 2026.<br \/><strong>4.84: <\/strong>Dollars per gram was the average price for cannabis at the start of 2025.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Have you been smoking less 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