Tag: united states
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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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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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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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How Many Indigenous Tribes Are In The Cannabis Industry?
The legal medical and adult-use cannabis industry sectors are ramping up in size and scope in many parts of the world, particularly in North America. Canada legalized cannabis for adult use nationwide in 2018, and forty states in the U.S. have legalized medical cannabis, recreational cannabis, or both. Many Indigenous nations in North America are…
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Cannabis Rescheduling Would Save Businesses Billions Of Dollars
The legal cannabis industry in the United States is larger right now than at any other point in this nation’s history. Two dozen states have legalized cannabis for adult use, and forty states have adopted medical cannabis, with there being some obvious overlap in states that have adopted both. Washington D.C. has adopted both medical…
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Opening Cannabis Dispensaries May Prevent Opioid Deaths
Cannabis has historically been portrayed as a ‘gateway drug’ by cannabis opponents and mainstream media outlets. However, an increasing amount of evidence is demonstrating that not only is cannabis not a gateway drug, but it may be an effective weapon against the opioid crisis in the United States. The latest example of this can be…
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53.6% Of Cannabis Consumers Expect Federal Legalization Within 3 Years
Cannabis was first prohibited at the federal level in 1937 via the enactment of the Marihuana Tax Act of 1937. The 1937 measure would later be replaced by the Controlled Substances Act in the early 1970s, which kept cannabis federally prohibited. The cannabis plant remains prohibited at the federal level to this day, being classified…
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Which State Grows The Most Floral Hemp In The U.S.?
Researchers affiliated with Oregon State University recently analyzed the national hemp market, finding that “Oregon leads the U.S. floral hemp production by acreage, followed by California and Kentucky.” “Oregon has 35% of floral hemp acreage in the U.S., followed by California (23%) and Kentucky (21%). Sixteen states engaged in floral production in 2023.” wrote researchers…
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What Are The Most Popular U.S. Cannabis Preroll Brands?
It wasn’t that long ago that the only way someone could acquire a cannabis joint was to roll one themselves. Those days are long gone in legal markets across the United States, with prerolls (prerolled joints) now being widely available at dispensaries across the country. Prerolls can typically be purchased in single units or packs…