Category: Geographical Data
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31% Of Cannabis Consumers Report Spending $100+ Per Month On THC Products
The emerging legal cannabis industry in the United States is spreading thanks to the tireless work of cannabis advocates across the country. Cannabis is now legal for adult-use in 24 states and the District of Columbia, and several more have adopted medical cannabis legalization measures. Cannabis commerce is widespread now too. The Pew Research Center…
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Top 5 Cannabis Industry POS Providers Account For 67% Of U.S. Market Share In 2024
When many people think about the emerging legal cannabis industry, they likely have visions in their mind of large cannabis cultivation facilities and retail dispensaries. While those things are certainly a part of the legal cannabis industry, there is more to the industry than just production and sales. The ancillary cannabis industry that helps provide…
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9% Of United States Adults Report Using Cannabis Regularly
Cannabis remains illegal at the federal level in the United States, however, 24 states and the District of Columbia have modernized their cannabis policies to permit recreational cannabis use by adults. Many more permit cannabis for medical use. The results of a new Gallup survey are out, in which adult cannabis consumers across the United…
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Which State Has The Cheapest Prices For Legal Cannabis?
Currently, 24 states in the U.S. plus the District of Columbia have passed adult-use cannabis legalization measures. Several more have approved medical cannabis legalization measures, and many of those adult-use and/or medical use states permit consumers and patients to make legal purchases from licensed retailers. Of the markets that allow legal recreational cannabis sales to…
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22% Of ABA-Accredited Law Schools Now Offer Cannabis Courses
For decades, about the only way that a law school student in the United States would be taught about cannabis policy came in the form of lessons based in criminal law. Starting in 1937, the United States completely prohibited the cannabis plant and instituted penalties for people caught with it. However, in 2024 law school…
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59% Of Americans Agree That Home Cultivation Should Be A Right
An increasing number of jurisdictions are permitting cannabis consumers and patients to cultivated cannabis in their private residences. The most recent one is Germany, where the nation’s new adult-use cannabis legalization measure went into effect on April 1, 2024. Adults in Germany, aged 18 and older, can now cultivate up to three plants in their…
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New York State Has Issued 403 Adult-Use Cannabis Licenses In 2024
On March 31, 2021, New York legalized cannabis for adult-use. However, it wasn’t until December 2022 that the first legal adult-use sales started to occur. The first legal sales happened at a dispensary in Manhattan’s East Village at a retailer named Housing Works Cannabis Company. According to CNN at the time, “The bill allows adults…
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Michigan Sets Legal Cannabis Sales Record In March 2024
In 2008 Michigan voters approved a ballot initiative measure that legalized medical cannabis for patients suffering from serious health issues. Eight years later, in 2016, Michigan’s Legislature passed a law expanding the state’s medical cannabis program permitting the licensing and regulation of medical cannabis businesses. 2018 was a historic year for the State of Michigan,…
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How Many Hemp Licenses Were Active In The United Kingdom In 2023?
The global hemp industry is far from being a new thing. For many centuries humans have used the hemp plant to make a number of things, from medicine to textiles. It wasn’t until the 1900s that hemp started to be prohibited by governments due to the forces of special interest groups. Thankfully, the global hemp…
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How Big Is Germany’s Legal Cannabis Market Potential?
Germany became the largest country to ever pass a national adult-use cannabis legalization measure. The CanG bill was first approved by members of the Bundestag in February and initial provisions of the measure took effect on April 1, 2024. The legal age for recreational cannabis in Germany is 18 years old. Adults can now cultivate…