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Home 🌿 Marijuana Business News 🌿 US Legal Marijuana Sales to Hit $22 Billion by 2020 🌿US Legal Marijuana Sales to Hit $22 Billion by 2020
The legal sales of pot will reach $21.8 billion in 2020, up from $5.4 billion last year. The legalization of marijuana has and will spread rapidly from state to state.
The data from a new report titled "The State of Legal Marijuana Markets" explain that part of the forecast has as a foundation the sales in Colorado and Washington, where pot use for medical and recreational use is already legal. The research shows that the rise will be rapid year by year:
Demand is expected to remain strong in 2016 with legal markets projected to grow to $6.7 billion, a 24% increase over 2015
The huge majority of the rise in sales will be due to recreational use, which was only 8% of the market in 2014 but is anticipated to be 53% in 2020.
State legalization may be still expanding by the time a national law is passed to legalize marijuana use...
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