Unless things have changed, legal cannabis will be almost 2x the cost from the current illegal market. IIRC, $10/gram is the floor price, + $1/gram tax* + 13% HST (in Ontario), or C$12.43/gram.
This is almost 2x for what one pays from your local friendly supplier (more than likely a friend or close acquaintance, not a scary “drug dealer”). And more than 2x what’s available from any number of online sources, including free next-day delivery.
It’s going to be tough to convince many to go legal at 2x the price. Economics are about to bitch-slap the bureaucrats.
I suspect a delay is coming. Here in Ontario we’re supposed to have 40 retail locations** open 33 days from now. As of today, 4 locations have been announced.
* - again, IIRC, this $1/gram tax is split 50/50 between federal & provincial coffers, to a federal maximum of $100 million total from all provinces, after which the remaining goes to the provinces.
** - they made it extra challenging by giving the exclusive franchise to the LCBO (Liquor Control Board of Ontario), of which there are plenty of locations (we know how to distribute beer/wine/spirits/etc. in Ontario 
), but then insisting the new Ontario Cannabis Stores could NOT be in the same building as alcohol is sold. Because people might be able to purchase both alcohol and cannabis in the same store.
