Potential US Marijuana Market Estimated at $46 Billion

According to the number crunchers at Washington State’s Office of Financial Management, a “fully functioning marijuana market” could result in an in-state total of $1.021 billion gross sales of marijuana grams per year. Only 2.15% of the US population lives in Washington State, so extrapolated, this data could indicate, if cannabis were legalized nationally, the total US marijuana marketplace could be as big as $46.420 billion per year. That does not include ancillaries such as hydroponics or paraphernalia, or services to the dispensary industry such as landlords, testing labs, security systems, insurance, advertising, etc....

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