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BDS Analytics’ Top 5 Insights: The Impact of Cannabis on the OTC and Prescription Drug Channels
As more U.S. states move towards legalization, cannabis consumers are taking advantage of the unique opportunity to address medical needs through the available products at their local dispensaries. Though medical…
Read MoreWill Global Legal Cannabis Spending Exceed $40 Billion by 2024?
Consumer spending on legal cannabis worldwide reached $10.9 billion in 2018. This number is especially significant considering the variables at play: the California market transition from lightly regulated medical-only to…
Read MoreThe $20 Billion CBD Race
Whether or not you keep up with the cannabis industry, you’ve likely heard the term “CBD” recently. Seemingly overnight, CBD is appearing everywhere from beauty product lines to burger joints.…
Read More4/20 is Coming
The holiday always stokes robust sales. But this year’s 4/20? It’s gonna be big. We anticipate more than $100 million in sales on pot’s big day, making it the largest…
Read MoreA More Conservative View of Canadian Cannabis Market Growth
Our research on the roll-out of adult-use legalization in Canada, published today in the Cannabis Intelligence Briefing titled Canada Leads the Way on Global Cannabis Legalization, is the first research…
Read MorePharmaceutical Versus Dispensary Cannabinoids Competition
Epidiolex Approval Queues Up Pharmaceutical Versus Dispensary Cannabinoids Competition Pharmaceutical cannabinoids have been around since the 1980s in synthetic or semi-synthetic form for the treatment of nausea related to cancer,…
Read MoreWelcome to the East Coast: Three Takeaways From the 2019 Seed to Sale Show
Welcome to the East Coast: Three Takeaways From the 2019 Seed to Sale Show This year, the NCIA Seed to Sale Show moved from West to East. The third annual…
Read MoreThe 2018 California Cannabis Marketplace in Review
By the time it drew to a close, California’s first year of legal adult-use cannabis had matured into an industry behemoth. With $2.51 billion in sales during 2018 alone, California…
Read MoreTop 10 Trends in Cannabis for 2019 (Mid-Year Update)
–Updated August 2019– It’s that time where we look ahead into 2019 to establish this year’s cannabis trends. To jump start the process, we dove deep into last year’s retail…
Read MoreCannabis in 2018: The Ups & Downs of Legalization
The worldwide legal cannabis industry saw massive changes in 2018, as detailed in the 2019 Update to “The State of Legal Marijuana Markets, 6th Edition” (SOLMM6), published January 15, 2019.…
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