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Canadian cannabis listings commonly use 1 g, 3.5 g, 7 g, 14 g and 28 g steps. In retail shorthand those correspond roughly to a gram, an eighth, a quarter, a half-ounce and an ounce. The package's printed net weight is the value to verify.

Net weight does not reveal moisture, bud-size mix, trim, cultivar accuracy, package age or whether smalls and shake are included. Normalize price only after those variables are clear.

Start low and go slowly, especially with a new product or ingestion route. Do not drive or operate machinery while impaired. Keep cannabis in its original child-resistant packaging, locked and out of sight and reach of children and pets; keep edible cannabis separate from ordinary food.

Choose a legal, current source. A legal Canadian product provides standardized labelling and a regulated chain of production. A copied candy brand, huge THC number, missing excise stamp, broken seal or seller that cannot be independently verified is a reason to stop.

Record the exact article or product behind the tag, its date, jurisdiction, source and purpose. Without those anchors, a current-looking page can repeat a claim that belongs to a different product, different batch or different business.

Use community experience to find recurring questions and failure modes, then return to the current label and source for facts. Dates matter: freshness, hardware, formulation, support performance, laws and store status can all change while the name stays the same.

A clean research trail

1. Save the current product name, URL, seller and date checked.
2. Capture the complete label or primary source rather than a cropped claim.
3. Normalize units before comparing price, potency or quantity.
4. Match reviews to format, lot and date; note tolerance and method when effects are discussed.
5. Write down contradictions and unknowns instead of resolving them with marketing language.

For Instagram, compare at least two current records and prefer the one that exposes more verifiable detail, not the one that repeats the strongest adjective. When sources disagree, keep both dates and claims visible until a label, regulator or current seller record resolves the difference.

That process is deliberately slower than copying a product blurb. It is also what makes the page useful after prices, inventory and search rankings move.