The legal cannabis market has had explosive growth since several states in the United States legalized recreational consumption. With Canada legalizing recreational consumption nationwide and the growing popularity of the plant in the United States, the global legal cannabis market is set to reach over 63 billion dollars in value by 2024.
The legal landscape
Since 1970’s passage of the Controlled Substances Act, cannabis has been outlawed as a Schedule I drug (the most restrictive of drug categories) in the United States. Despite legalization on a state level, cannabis is still federally illegal to possess, manufacture and sell. In 2012, Washington and Colorado became the first two states to legalize recreational use of cannabis. Today, recreational cannabis use is legal in 10 states and medical use is legal in 33.
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