Tag: united states
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Alcohol Consumption Is Down In Legal Cannabis Jurisdictions According To Multiple Surveys
Arguably the most successful cannabis campaign slogan of all time is ‘regulate cannabis like alcohol.’ The slogan was first championed by activists in Colorado leading up to their state’s successful legalization vote on Election Day 2012. The slogan was later incorporated by activists throughout the United States. To be clear, cannabis advocates were not shaming…
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How Long Have States Taken Between Cannabis Legalization And Launching Sales?
Currently, 24 states have adopted adult-use cannabis legalization measures in the United States, along with the District of Columbia. Cannabis remains prohibited at the federal level in the U.S., although cannabis is expected to be rescheduled from Schedule I to Schedule III in the near future. The first states to legalize cannabis for recreational use…
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77% Of Consumers In Legal Markets Buy Most Or All Of Their Cannabis From Regulated Stores
NuggMD, an online platform for medical cannabis patients seeking doctor approval (among other things) in 28 states, describes itself as “a team of technology enthusiasts, doctors, and cannabis patients on a mission to help people everywhere understand how cannabis can improve their lives and wellbeing.” The online platform recently conducted a poll in which it…
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Which U.S. Cities Consume The Most Cannabis?
The Center For Advancing Health (CFAH) recently conducted an analysis in which it (among other things) ranked cities by how much cannabis they consume annually. CFAH describes itself as a “team of health experts specializing in different medical fields and writing about various medical topics.” CFAH’s analysis was further examined by media outlet Insider Monkey, with the…
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Approving Hemp Seed Meal For Laying Hens Would Be A Gamechanger
The hemp plant was once one of the greatest agricultural crops in the United States. Used primarily for making textiles, it wasn’t until the rise of prohibition that the hemp plant went out of favor among farmers in the U.S. In recent years, the hemp plant has made a huge comeback in the U.S., thanks…
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Pre-Rolls Generated Over $1.3 Billion In Legal U.S. Sales In The Last Year
Cannabis joints are far from being a new thing, however, in recent decades legal markets in the United States have witnessed a significant rise in popularity for ‘pre-rolled’ joints. Pre-rolls are exactly what they sound like – joints that are pre-rolled for consumers to purchase. Pre-rolls are very convenient, and are usually sold in either…
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Survey Finds 80% Of Cannabis Businesses Support Regulating Intoxicating Hemp Products
Scientifically speaking, hemp and cannabis are the same crop. However, in the legal arena hemp and non-hemp cannabis are two different things. At the federal level in the United States, cannabis harvests containing .3% THC or less qualify as ‘hemp,’ whereas crops with THC percentages above that threshold are ‘cannabis’ and remain prohibited outside of…
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Cannabis Rescheduling Would Create Over 55,000 New U.S. Jobs According To Trade Group
Cannabis is currently a Schedule I controlled substance at the federal level in the United States. If a current proposal to reschedule cannabis to a lower status is approved, it could create over 55,000 new jobs according to a report by the Minority Cannabis Business Association (MCBA). “Moving cannabis to Schedule III and the resulting…
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57% Of Public Comments Support De-Scheduling Cannabis In The U.S.
United States President Joe Biden announced earlier this year that he would push for rescheduling cannabis from its current status as a Schedule I controlled substance to Schedule III. Part of the process to change cannabis’ federal status involved accepting comments from the public about the proposal. The window in which to comment lasted sixty…
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Survey Finds That Only 27.3% Of Legal U.S. Cannabis Operators Are Profitable
The overall legal cannabis industry in the United States is massive, with total legal cannabis sales in the United States expected to top $31.4 billion in 2024 according to a recent analysis by Whitney Economics. Additionally, leading cannabis jobs platform Vangst, in conjunction with Whitney Economics, estimates that the legal cannabis industry now supports 440,445…