{"id":1721,"date":"2023-03-09T06:02:01","date_gmt":"2023-03-09T06:02:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wheretobuymarijuanaseeds.com\/cannabis-industry-experiences-rapid-growth-in-the-us\/"},"modified":"2023-03-09T06:02:01","modified_gmt":"2023-03-09T06:02:01","slug":"cannabis-industry-experiences-rapid-growth-in-the-us","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wheretobuymarijuanaseeds.com\/cannabis-industry-experiences-rapid-growth-in-the-us\/","title":{"rendered":"Cannabis Industry Experiences Rapid Growth in the US"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Over the past decade, the cannabis industry has experienced tremendous growth in the United States.<sup id=\"cite_ref1-0\" class=\"reference\"><a href=\"#cite_note1-0\">[0]<\/a><\/sup> With 21 states and the District of Columbia legalizing recreational usage, 39 states allowing medicinal use, and 68% of Americans supporting legal cannabis, it is clear that the public's perception of the drug has shifted.<sup id=\"cite_ref1-1\" class=\"reference\"><a href=\"#cite_note1-1\">[1]<\/a><\/sup><\/p>\n<p>This shift was made even more apparent with the recent opening of New York City\u2019s first recreational marijuana dispensary.<sup id=\"cite_ref1-0\" class=\"reference\"><a href=\"#cite_note1-0\">[0]<\/a><\/sup> Legally Rooted, located on 6th Street, opened its doors with a ribbon cutting ceremony on January 16th, 2021, becoming the first dispensary to open in the Queen City.<sup id=\"cite_ref1-2\" class=\"reference\"><a href=\"#cite_note1-2\">[2]<\/a><\/sup><\/p>\n<p>The legalization of recreational marijuana in the US is not just a milestone for cannabis businesses, but for criminal justice reform as well. After years of federal cannabis prohibition, President Biden granted pardons to thousands of Americans with federal, low-level cannabis convictions.<\/p>\n<p>It is clear that the cannabis industry is here to stay, and that it is a rapidly growing and increasingly accepted industry. As states move to legalize cannabis, businesses and consumers alike can expect to see more dispensaries, products, and policies in the future.<\/p>\n<p><span id=\"cite_note1-0\">0. <\/span>&#8220;Cannabis News | Cannabis Blog | Herban Creative&#8221; herbancreativenj.com, 9 Mar. 2023, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/herbancreativenj.com\/cannabis-news\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">https:\/\/herbancreativenj.com\/cannabis-news<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span id=\"cite_note1-1\">1. <\/span>&#8220;What the research says about cannabis | News | galtheraldonline.com&#8221; www.galtheraldonline.com, 9 Mar. 2023, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.galtheraldonline.com\/news\/what-the-research-says-about-cannabis\/article_fad59f1e-91ff-11ed-8339-ff82a7b54bdf.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">http:\/\/www.galtheraldonline.com\/news\/what-the-research-says-about-cannabis\/article_fad59f1e-91ff-11ed-8339-ff82a7b54bdf.html<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span id=\"cite_note1-2\">2. <\/span>&#8220;Meridian cannabis dispensary opens | Local News | meridianstar.com&#8221; www.meridianstar.com, 9 Mar. 2023, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.meridianstar.com\/news\/local_news\/meridian-cannabis-dispensary-opens\/article_b8071b52-5ee0-579a-b5fd-424fb4c6de79.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">https:\/\/www.meridianstar.com\/news\/local_news\/meridian-cannabis-dispensary-opens\/article_b8071b52-5ee0-579a-b5fd-424fb4c6de79.html<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Over the past decade, the cannabis industry has experienced tremendous growth in the United States.[0] With 21 states and the District of Columbia legalizing recreational usage, 39 states allowing medicinal use, and 68% of Americans supporting legal cannabis, it is clear that the public&#8217;s perception of the drug has shifted.[1] This shift was made even [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1720,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wheretobuymarijuanaseeds.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1721"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wheretobuymarijuanaseeds.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wheretobuymarijuanaseeds.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wheretobuymarijuanaseeds.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wheretobuymarijuanaseeds.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1721"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/wheretobuymarijuanaseeds.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1721\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wheretobuymarijuanaseeds.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1720"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wheretobuymarijuanaseeds.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1721"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wheretobuymarijuanaseeds.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1721"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wheretobuymarijuanaseeds.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1721"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}