15,000 Denials at the SQDC Reignite the Debate on the Legal Age
July 29 2026 • Daily news
More than 15,000 young people under the age of 21 were denied access to SQDC stores in one year. This figure raises a fundamental question: where do consumers aged 18 to 20 turn next? By excluding them from the legal market, Quebec is not preventing them from using cannabis. Rather, it is depriving them of access to regulated products—whose composition and THC content are clearly labeled—as well as to an environment governed by strict rules.
