We're Once Again 6 Days From Jeff Sessions Possibly Being Able to Prosecute Marijuana Businesses
You'd be hard-pressed to find an industry that's growing at a quicker and more consistent pace than legal marijuana. According to Marijuana Business Daily's report, "Marijuana Business Factbook 2017," U.S. weed sales are expected to catapult higher by 45% in 2018 and approximately 300% between 2016 and 2021. Should these estimates prove accurate, we'd be looking at $17 billion in annual sales by 2021.
Pivotal in this U.S. expansion has been the rapid and steady shift in the way the public views cannabis. Once considered a taboo topic, pot is something discussed as casually by politicians these days as Social Security. As of national pollster Gallup's October 2017 survey, nearly two-thirds (64%) of all respondents were in favor of fully legalizing cannabis, which is the highest support percentage on record over nearly five decades of polling. Support for medical marijuana is even higher, with an August 2017 survey from Quinnipiac showing 94% favoring legalization, compared to just 4% opposed.
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