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05Mar

Did you know? 95% of the U.S. Population Lives in States with Legal Marijuana Access

95% of the U.S. population lives in a state where there is some form of legal cannabis (including adult use, medical use, CBD only laws.) 93% of Members of Congress represent constituents in markets where some form of cannabis is legal – 412 members in the House of Representatives & 86 Senators. Of those, 334 […]

26Feb

Legal Cannabis Market 2025 Projections and Job Creation

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US cannabis market projected to create over 280,000 jobs by 2020. Total cannabis market sales are expected to exceed $24 billion by 2025. Legal cannabis market was worth an estimated $7.2 billion in 2016 and is projected to grow at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 15% to more than $24 billion by 2025. The medical market […]

19Feb

Annual Number of Daily Doses Prescribed Per Physician

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Preliminary research suggests that pain patients in medical cannabis states use 11% fewer opioids. Average number of pain reliever doses in medical states was nearly 96,000 in non-medical cannabis states compared to 85,000 in medical states. Nationwide, prescriptions of opioid pain relievers jumped 272% in 22 years, from 76 million in 1991 to 207 million in 2013. […]

12Feb

Will the Cannabis Eradication Program Grow Under Trump?

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Despite Mixed Results, Will DEA’s Cannabis Eradication Program Grow under Trump? The Trump administration’s policy toward cannabis remains unclear and among the questions still to be addressed is how the Drug Enforcement Administration may change its cannabis eradication efforts. Since 2009, the number of plants destroyed under the Cannabis Eradication Program has fallen nearly 60% […]

03Feb

Majority Supports Economics of Cannabis Legalization

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Majority Supports Economics of Cannabis Legalization The increase in public support for full cannabis legalization is not just fueled by strong belief that cannabis users should not be prosecuted (New Frontier Data’s research found that 90% of Americans opposed treating cannabis consumers as criminals). There is also growing confidence that legalization can produce strongly positive […]

27Jan

Strong Majority Supports Medical Use and Opposes Criminalization of Cannabis Users

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Strong Majority Supports Medical Use and Opposes Criminalization of Cannabis Users According to a new nationally-representative survey conducted by New Frontier Data, nearly nine-in-ten respondents (86%) believe that cannabis has valid medical uses, underscoring that medical cannabis is now a national consensus issue. The strength of this support will make it extremely difficult for any […]

20Jan

Legal Marijuana Transcends Party Lines

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Legal Marijuana Transcends Party Lines There has been widespread speculation on how the Trump administration might approach federal cannabis policy following the nomination of Alabama Senator Jeff Sessions for Attorney General. Sessions, a former district attorney who has long argued for more aggressive cannabis prohibition enforcement, was decidedly non-committal during his confirmation [...]

14Nov

Colombia To Legalize Medical Marijuana - Change In Drug Policy

Colombia To Legalize Medical Cannabis In New Approach To Drug War

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The Colombian government announced that it plans to legalize medical cannabis and cannabis for scientific research. The decision is not the same as the one made by Uruguay, which legalized cannabis in 2013, but follows a more cautious approach similar to decisions made in Mexico and Chile. Colombians are currently allowed to possess up to 20 […]