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 [View all]

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 [View all] 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