article thumbnail

New Frontier Data Report – Combined U.S. legal and illicit cannabis sales totalled US$97 billion in 2021

Cannabis Law Report

A new report by New Frontier Data estimated that U.S. legal and illicit cannabis consumer spending reached an estimated US$97 billion in 2021, according to a new report by New Frontier Data. Cannabis is no longer a one-size-fits-all industry,” Gary Allen, CEO of New Frontier Data, said in a statement.

Data 52
article thumbnail

NHS To Launch Its First Evidence-Based Cannabis Patient Data Registry This Week – Cannabis Business Executive

SpeedWeed

THE UK’s first National Health Service patients registry will start collating data from Thursday this week in a significant move for medical cannabis in the country. However, with the database not yet available to the nation’s private clinics there are concerns over the quality and volume of data it will garner.

Data 52
Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

Trending Sources

article thumbnail

San Francisco Suspends Cannabis Tax to Combat Illegal Market

Veriheal

Back in 2018, San Francisco voters approved a 1-5% cannabis business tax slated to go into effect early 2022. Recent data from the California Legislative Analyst Office backs Mandelman’s claim. Not to mention the unsafe working conditions that illegal markets put its employees under. . And he’s right!

Data 95
article thumbnail

NBC Story: High potency weed linked to psychotic episodes, mysterious vomiting illness in young users

Cannabis Law Report

One day in fall 2018, Bo Gribbon began to vomit and couldn’t stop. Bo Gribbon, 20, went to the ER 11 times in 9 months for a condition that caused bouts of nonstop vomiting and screaming. By 2018, the number had risen to more than 120, according to data compiled by Dr. Brad Roberts, an emergency room physician at the hospital.

article thumbnail

New Study Shows Cannabis Use May Be Responsible For Improved Health And Quality of Life

MedicalJane

A web-based study enrolled 1,276 participants (including those already using a cannabis product and those considering its use) between April 2016 and February 2018. All of the participants self-reported that they or their dependent patient had a diagnosed health condition at the time of the baseline assessment.

article thumbnail

Survey Reveals Almost Half of Canada’s MMJ Patients Reduced Their Alcohol and Opioid Consumption

Veriheal

New data published in the Journal of Cannabis Research claims that almost one in two authorized medical cannabis patients in Canada managed to either completely stop or reduce their intake of controlled substances, such as alcohol and opioids , by using cannabis. As of 2020, the market was worth CAD $2.6 billion (USD $2 billion).

article thumbnail

The Long Beach Planning Commission has approved a conditional use permit for a facility to grow, test and distribute recreational cannabis

Cannabis Law Report

Long Beach Business Journal reports… The Long Beach Planning Commission on February 21 approved a conditional use permit for a facility to grow, test and distribute recreational cannabis in an industrial area on 15th Street, between Oregon and San Francisco avenues.