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RandySF

(78,512 posts) Wed Jul 5, 2023, 06:32 AM Jul 2023

The push for legal weed faces hostile ground in red states [View all]

Weed legalization advocates are running out of friendly territory.

The movement has swept the country over the last decade: Nearly half of Americans now live in a state where anyone at least 21 years old can legally possess and purchase marijuana.

Legal weed sales are slated to top $35 billion this year — and are expected to surpass $70 billion by 2030, according to New Frontier Data.

Since December, five new recreational markets have launched, including New York, Missouri and Maryland, where sales began on Saturday. Those states alone added 37 million people to the legal weed column.

https://www.politico.com/news/2023/07/05/marijuana-legal-conservative-states-00104598

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The push for legal weed faces hostile ground in red states [View all] RandySF Jul 2023 OP

And the "forgotten" industries... MiHale Jul 2023 #1

The taxes going to schools multigraincracker Jul 2023 #2

Indiana here. I'm all too aware of this. We don't even have freaking medical marijuana. LymphocyteLover Jul 2023 #3

Soon to be Ohio as well. roamer65 Jul 2023 #7

which way? Illegalize it? LymphocyteLover Jul 2023 #11

You can get a medical card now...hubs does it for pain...I have tried it when I hurt my knee...it Demsrule86 Jul 2023 #12

so they want to take it away? How despicable. LymphocyteLover Jul 2023 #15

North Carolina says hello. GoodRaisin Jul 2023 #13

The south has always wanted to control everyone Casady1 Jul 2023 #4

I live in Texas which is run by idiots prodigitalson Jul 2023 #5

kabuki theater, sounds like. BootinUp Jul 2023 #10

staunchly conservative states... ShepKat Jul 2023 #6

The laziest cops will be found in prohibition land. aocommunalpunch Jul 2023 #8

popcorn anyone? BootinUp Jul 2023 #9

How about going ahead with decriminalizing it at the Federal level? GoodRaisin Jul 2023 #14