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TeamPooka

(25,577 posts)
Sat Jun 8, 2019, 12:55 PM Jun 2019

Americans Spent as Much on Cannabis as Taco Bell Last Year

And that's without a drive-thru.

https://www.leafly.com/news/lifestyle/americans-spending-legal-cannabis-taco-bell-nfl?utm_source=SailThru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=buy_pickup&utm_term=global&utm_content=deals?sailthru_vars[user_click_news]=3

Americans Spent as Much on Cannabis as Taco Bell Last Year
"With the opening of more and more state-legal markets, cannabis sales are quickly catching up with that of more established products, brands, and services. New data compiled by Marijuana Business Daily shows that Americans spent an estimated $10.4 billion on cannabis last year—about as much as they dropped at the country’s sixth-largest fast food chain, Taco Bell.

That $10.4 billion in sales, which combines medical and adult-use markets, was nearly $2 billion more than in 2017. It was also nearly three times the $3.6 billion that Americans spent on e-cigarettes in 2018."

"The MJBiz analysis made a few other striking comparisons to help contextualize what $10 billion in sales looks like. For instance, it’s about 10 times the roughly $900 million that Americans forked out for Goldfish crackers. It’s just a sliver of the $72.2 billion spent on wine. And it’s more than twice what Americans paid to play the popular video game Fortnite."

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redstatebluegirl

(12,542 posts)
1. Why any state would not want the tax revenue from this is beyond me.
Sat Jun 8, 2019, 12:57 PM
Jun 2019

They will take it from liquor stores no problem but not pot, please.....

 

earthshine

(1,642 posts)
2. It would interfere with the financial workings of the Police/Prison Industrial Complex.
Sat Jun 8, 2019, 01:02 PM
Jun 2019

Some states rely on having people designated as criminals to fund various programs.

 

TeamPooka

(25,577 posts)
7. It's a choice: Either they can tax it or the money goes to cartels and criminals, tax free
Sat Jun 8, 2019, 03:08 PM
Jun 2019

marble falls

(62,905 posts)
4. Kinda figures. Their "protein bowl" is actually a fairly healthy and tasty dish and priced well.
Sat Jun 8, 2019, 01:20 PM
Jun 2019

GWC58

(2,678 posts)
9. And, meanwhile, in prohibition Red States liquor,
Sat Jun 8, 2019, 09:15 PM
Jun 2019

opiates and tobacco are rising. Okay I don’t actually know if that’s true, or not. But it does have a “ring of truth” to it! 🤔

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