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Report: Seizure Data Suggests State-Legal Cannabis Market Has Significantly Curbed Demand for Mexican-Grown Marijuana

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The post Report: Seizure Data Suggests State-Legal Cannabis Market Has Significantly Curbed Demand for Mexican-Grown Marijuana appeared first on NORML. “When it comes to retail cannabis, the prevailing attitude is ‘Buy American.’”

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Poll: Respondents in Adult-Use Marijuana States Say Legalization Has Been Successful

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Most adults living in states where marijuana use is legal view the policy change as successful, according to state-specific polling data compiled by YouGov.com. Nationally, 55 percent of US adults say the marijuana legalization has been either fully or mostly successful in those jurisdictions that have implemented it.

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Analysis: Adult-Use Marijuana Legalization Associated with Tourism Spike

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The enactment of adult-use cannabis legalization laws in Colorado and Washington is associated with increased tourism in both states, according to data published in the Journal of Regional Analysis & Policy. Authors reported a “large increase in hotel rooms rented in Colorado” immediately following legalization.

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Study: Growing Percentage of Cannabis Consumers Transitioning to the Legal Market

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“These data indicate that the legal, regulated cannabis market is displacing the underground marketplace. The post Study: Growing Percentage of Cannabis Consumers Transitioning to the Legal Market appeared first on NORML.

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Poll: More Than Two in Three US Latinos Back Legalizing Marijuana

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More than two in three US Hispanic adults support legalizing marijuana, according to nationwide polling data compiled by the digital media firm H Code. Sixty-eight percent of those polled said that they are favor of legalizing marijuana in the United States.

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NORML Op-Ed: A Decade Into States Legalizing Marijuana, Underage Use Has Plummeted

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Those wedded to the status quo of cannabis criminalization have long warned that legalizing the marijuana market will result in increased adolescent use. But 10 years following the first states’ decisions to legalize and regulate adult-use cannabis sales, data conclusively shows that this fear was unfounded.

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Report: Legal Marijuana Industry Employs Over 240,000 Full-Time Workers

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Jobs in the state-licensed cannabis industry rose 15 percent during the past 12 months, and the industry now employs over 243,000 full-time workers, according to data compiled by Leafly.com. … If cannabis industry jobs were tallied like other jobs, … legal cannabis would be acknowledged as the fastest growing industry in America.”