$2.13
What each dollar spent on marijuana cultivation generates for Colorado’s economy.
Source: Marijuana Policy Group ‘Economic Impact of Marijuana Legalization in Colorado’
164%
Amount by which Washington’s adult-use cannabis tax revenue grew between FY2014-2015 and FY2015-2016.
Source: Cannabis Business Times
$22.6 billion
Estimated size of Canada’s recreational cannabis market, which is expected to become federally legalized in the near future.
Source: Deloitte
63%
The portion of Colorado marijuana tax revenue distributions made to the Department of Education ($138.3 million of total tax revenue distributions of $220.8 million from FY 2015-16 and FY 2016-17).
Source: Letter from Colorado Reps. Jonathan Singer and Millie Hamner, and state Sen. Pat Steadman to Arizonans for Responsible Drug Policy
3
Number of medical marijuana license applicants who are suing Maryland over a lack of racial diversity.
Source: Washington Post
