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Plenty of Canadians would sample a pot brownie if and when the government gets around to allowing their sale, a new study suggests.

The report, released by Halifax, N.S.-based Dalhousie University on Tuesday, with preliminary results provided to the Financial Post, shows that 68 per cent of people agreed or strongly agreed with legalizing recreational cannabis.

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Another 45.8 per cent agreed they would buy “marijuana-infused food products” if they hit the Canadian market, and that 46.1 per cent would opt for “bakery products,” such as brownies or muffins.

While the study comes with the federal government aiming to legalize recreational marijuana by next July, Ottawa has yet to introduce a plan for edibles, saying only that they “would be made available for purchase once appropriate rules for their production and sale are developed.”

In the meantime, provincial governments are starting to roll out their plans for retailing cannabis. The Ontario government was first to do so, and unveiled a system that would comply with the federal rules and not allow for the sale of edibles.