Canada’s resource for reliable and up-to-date information on sex and gender related factors affecting cannabis use. Explore some key topics below.
The social and cultural factors associated with gender – such as norms, roles, identities and relations – and the biological factors associated with sex – such as hormones, reproduction, metabolism and genetics – work together to influence our health.
In a changing landscape of cannabis policy in Canada, it is very important to understand how sex and gender intersect with cannabis use in order to make empowered health decisions for ourselves, and to guide service provision, research, and policy.