Category: Geographical Data
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What Is The Potential Market Value Of Virginia’s Cannabis Industry?
Virginia holds the current distinction of being the only state in the U.S. to have adopted an adult-use cannabis legalization measure, but not to have adopted legal recreational cannabis sales as part of its legalization model. When Vermont initially adopted legalization in 2018, it also did not initially permit adult-use sales, but later approved a…
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U.S. Survey Finds Cannabis Drinks Increasingly Replacing Alcohol
Drug Rehab USA recently surveyed “1,000 employed adults about what they reach for after work, how quickly they do it, and why.” The survey asked working consumers about their use of many substances, including alcohol, nicotine, and cannabis. Cannabis drinks seemed to be featured prominently in the survey’s results. “24% of Americans have at least…
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Poll: 91% Report Cannabis Being Effective For Pain Management
A growing body of scientific research is finding that cannabis is an effective medicine for treating pain. Additionally, researchers have determined that medical cannabis is safer than many other medications that are commonly prescribed for pain management. Opioids are commonly prescribed to pain patients, and they can lead to several undesirable side effects, not the…
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Colorado’s Total Cannabis Tax Revenue Tops $3 Billion
Voters in Colorado approved adult-use cannabis legalization on Election Day 2012. Colorado was joined by Washington State as the first states in the U.S. to adopt recreational cannabis legalization measures. Colorado ended up beating Washington State when it came to being the first to launch regulated adult-use cannabis sales, and Colorado will forever hold the…
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Poll Asks Cannabis Consumers About Use Of AI In Marketing
If you have spent a significant amount of time on the internet in recent years, it is almost guaranteed that you have come across marketing materials that incorporated artificial intelligence (AI) in some manner. Whether it is AI-generated images, text, or logos, if you doomscroll for long enough, you will presumably be exposed to AI…
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Legal Arizona Cannabis Sales Experience Historic Downturn
An overwhelming majority (60%) of Arizona voters approved Proposition 207 (the Smart and Safe Act) in 2020, which legalized cannabis for adult use in the state. The successful 2020 measure came four years after voters in Arizona rejected a separate recreational cannabis legalization measure in 2016. “Proposition 207 allows adults to possess up to 1…
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Survey Highlights Harms Of Draft German Medical Cannabis Amendment
Last month, Germany’s Health Ministry released a draft amendment that, if approved as is, would dramatically roll back Germany’s emerging medical cannabis industry and directly impact suffering patients’ safe access to medical cannabis. A recent survey conducted by MedCanOneStop helps quantify the potential harm of the proposal. “The Federal Ministry of Health’s (BMG) planned changes…
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How Much Did High Tide Pay For Majority Stake In Remexian?
Two of the largest legal medical cannabis markets on the planet are in Canada and Germany. A recent acquisition by a Canada-based cannabis company of a majority stake in one of Germany’s leading medical cannabis companies highlights how entrepreneurs and investors are continuing to establish bridges between the two markets. “High Tide Inc. (“High Tide”…
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Which States Have The Highest Cannabis Tax Rates?
Nearly two dozen states in the U.S. now permit legal recreational cannabis sales. Legal adult-use cannabis product sales first began in Colorado in January 2014, making it the first state to permit regulated sales of such products. Cannabis remains prohibited at the federal level, being classified as a Schedule I substance. As such, state-level industries…
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Poll: Most UK Doctors Would Prescribe Medical Cannabis
The United Kingdom is home to the second-largest legal medical cannabis market in Europe, only behind Germany. While that may sound impressive on its face, keep in mind that the United Kingdom’s medical cannabis laws and regulations are very restrictive. “Very few people in England are likely to get an NHS prescription for medical cannabis.”…