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As many as 15 per cent of Calgarians aged 18 to 34 purchased legal pot in the first days following prohibition’s end, according to a study commissioned by a cannabis industry lobby group.

In that age group — the most likely to consume the drug — nine per cent polled by Insights Matter said they purchased pot at retail stores, with another six per cent indicating they’d purchased it from the Alberta Gaming, Liquor and Cannabis website.

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Based on those numbers, that would add up to 67,000 adult Calgarians, said the online survey conducted for Cannabiz Social among 432 random adults from Oct. 22 to 30.

“That would be encouraging from a retailers’ perspective,” said Dr. Derek Blair, president of Insights Matter.

But he acknowledged those numbers could have been considerably larger if not constrained by the limited amount of cannabis available and a mere handful of stores to sell it.

Among those surveyed, four per cent purchased from a store and, overall, three per cent bought online.