Cannabis

n2doc

(47,953 posts) Wed Mar 30, 2016, 08:55 AM Mar 2016

Americans are buying more legal pot than Oreos, Girl Scout cookies, and Pringles combined

One of the benefits of marijuana legalization is the rise of a new, multibillion-dollar industry that provides legal jobs to thousands of taxpaying workers. This is one of the main reasons advocates have used to get legalization enacted in Colorado, Washington state, Oregon, and Alaska.

But how big is that industry, really? A new chart from Statista puts it in context: US purchases of legal marijuana in 2015, counting retail sales in states where marijuana is legal for medical or recreational purposes, were bigger than Dasani, Girl Scout cookies, Oreos, and Pringles sales combined in 2014.

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http://www.vox.com/2016/3/30/11327344/marijuana-girl-scouts-cookies

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Americans are buying more legal pot than Oreos, Girl Scout cookies, and Pringles combined (Original Post) n2doc Mar 2016 OP

K&R! stonecutter357 Mar 2016 #1

Another reason I am pro Bernie astrophuss42 Mar 2016 #2

Yeah, living here in Georgia I am jealous of the West. n/t n2doc Mar 2016 #5

Feeling the Bern here too. We have traveled too far to vote for a person B Calm Mar 2016 #14

wow - thanks! n/t Merryland Mar 2016 #3

Which will, in turn, stimulate sales of Oreos, Girl Scout cookies, and Pringles. Mister Ed Mar 2016 #4

It should be legal nationwide. blackspade Mar 2016 #6

And don't forget the PIC. nt awoke_in_2003 Mar 2016 #12

They are the same people! blackspade Mar 2016 #15

I'm sorry, I meant awoke_in_2003 Mar 2016 #16

I understood the PIC acronym. blackspade Mar 2016 #17

Ah, gotcha awoke_in_2003 Mar 2016 #18

Indeed! blackspade Mar 2016 #19

Make it legal nationally.. and let the states regulate. mountain grammy Mar 2016 #7

This will change pscot Mar 2016 #8

I haven't bought Girl Scout cookies in years nichomachus Mar 2016 #9

And because that's true, sales of Girl Scout cookies and Pringles are shooting through the roof. marble falls Mar 2016 #10

Yep. The measurment of a sane country. Cyrano Mar 2016 #11

Well if Pringles cost $15-20 a gram....n/t hibbing Mar 2016 #13

I feel like we're right on the verge of some real sanity re weed RussBLib Mar 2016 #20

Actually Girl Scout Cookies is a strain of pot n/t eridani Apr 2016 #21

yep. hobbit709 Apr 2016 #22

stonecutter357

(12,768 posts)

1. K&R!

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Wed Mar 30, 2016, 08:57 AM

Mar 2016

astrophuss42

(290 posts)

2. Another reason I am pro Bernie

Reply to n2doc (Original post)

Wed Mar 30, 2016, 09:02 AM

Mar 2016

This one state at a time thing isn't working.

n2doc

(47,953 posts)

5. Yeah, living here in Georgia I am jealous of the West. n/t

Reply to astrophuss42 (Reply #2)

Wed Mar 30, 2016, 09:04 AM

Mar 2016

B Calm

(28,762 posts)

14. Feeling the Bern here too. We have traveled too far to vote for a person

Reply to astrophuss42 (Reply #2)

Wed Mar 30, 2016, 12:42 PM

Mar 2016

who will slow down marijuana legalization.

Merryland

(1,134 posts)

3. wow - thanks! n/t

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Wed Mar 30, 2016, 09:02 AM

Mar 2016

Mister Ed

(6,350 posts)

4. Which will, in turn, stimulate sales of Oreos, Girl Scout cookies, and Pringles.

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Wed Mar 30, 2016, 09:03 AM

Mar 2016

blackspade

(10,056 posts)

6. It should be legal nationwide.

Reply to n2doc (Original post)

Wed Mar 30, 2016, 09:11 AM

Mar 2016

But asshole drug warriors have too sweet a deal to let it happen.

awoke_in_2003

(34,582 posts)

12. And don't forget the PIC. nt

Reply to blackspade (Reply #6)

Wed Mar 30, 2016, 11:38 AM

Mar 2016

blackspade

(10,056 posts)

15. They are the same people!

Reply to awoke_in_2003 (Reply #12)

Wed Mar 30, 2016, 02:42 PM

Mar 2016

awoke_in_2003

(34,582 posts)

16. I'm sorry, I meant

Reply to blackspade (Reply #15)

Wed Mar 30, 2016, 02:57 PM

Mar 2016

Prison Industrial Complex, not pharmaceutical. Both are bad, and unlikely allies.

blackspade

(10,056 posts)

17. I understood the PIC acronym.

Reply to awoke_in_2003 (Reply #16)

Wed Mar 30, 2016, 03:09 PM

Mar 2016

I meant there is a revolving door between the drug warriors and the prison industry.

At any rate we are on the same page.
The PIC and and drug warriors suck and are only in it for a buck and to dis-enfranchise POC and the counterculture.

awoke_in_2003

(34,582 posts)

18. Ah, gotcha

Reply to blackspade (Reply #17)

Wed Mar 30, 2016, 04:44 PM

Mar 2016

I figured we were on the same page.

blackspade

(10,056 posts)

19. Indeed!

Reply to awoke_in_2003 (Reply #18)

Wed Mar 30, 2016, 06:40 PM

Mar 2016

mountain grammy

(27,227 posts)

7. Make it legal nationally.. and let the states regulate.

Reply to n2doc (Original post)

Wed Mar 30, 2016, 09:45 AM

Mar 2016

like alcohol. Maybe that's why our alcohol pushing governor bashes legal pot every chance he gets..

Colorado Now Reaping More Tax Revenue From Pot Than From Alcohol

http://www.forbes.com/sites/debraborchardt/2015/09/16/colorados-pot-tax-revenues-are-higher-than-alcohols/#384a3f26716b

pscot

(21,037 posts)

8. This will change

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Wed Mar 30, 2016, 11:15 AM

Mar 2016

when girl scouts start selling blueberry bliss bars.

nichomachus

(12,754 posts)

9. I haven't bought Girl Scout cookies in years

Reply to pscot (Reply #8)

Wed Mar 30, 2016, 11:22 AM

Mar 2016

I bought a box a few weeks ago, and they were horrible. I don't know what they did to them. I ended up throwing them out.

But I do like my chocolate covered marijuana blueberries from the pharmacy.

marble falls

(62,012 posts)

10. And because that's true, sales of Girl Scout cookies and Pringles are shooting through the roof.

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Wed Mar 30, 2016, 11:27 AM

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Cyrano

(15,291 posts)

11. Yep. The measurment of a sane country.

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Wed Mar 30, 2016, 11:31 AM

Mar 2016

hibbing

(10,401 posts)

13. Well if Pringles cost $15-20 a gram....n/t

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Wed Mar 30, 2016, 11:48 AM

Mar 2016

RussBLib

(9,665 posts)

20. I feel like we're right on the verge of some real sanity re weed

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Thu Mar 31, 2016, 03:29 PM

Mar 2016

...but then I remember that we have a whole political party called the GOP that just wants to destroy everything and keep everyone in jail.

Generalizing?

eridani

(51,907 posts)

21. Actually Girl Scout Cookies is a strain of pot n/t

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Fri Apr 1, 2016, 03:22 AM

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hobbit709

(41,694 posts)

22. yep.

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Fri Apr 1, 2016, 05:19 AM

Apr 2016

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