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St. Patrick’s Day was the biggest cannabis sales day of the year so far with sales 50% higher than an average Wednesday.

According to the Leaflink 2020 Wholesale Cannabis Pricing Guide, wholesale flower prices increased 18% nationwide last year while edibles/ingestibles saw an 11% price decrease.

Shawn Gold is the founder and CEO of Pilgrim Soul Creative, a cannabis lifestyle brand based on using cannabis to encourage creative thinking.

Jon Lowen is the co-founder of Surfside, a cannabis consumer-focused analytics and advertising platform.

The United States spent $1.49 billion on cannabis research between 2000 and 2018. Most of the funds were directed at understanding the potential harms of cannabis use.

David Kessler is the VP of Horticulture and Customer Success for Agrify, a technology firm dedicated to the scientific evolution of indoor cannabis cultivation.

Cannabis dispensaries and data companies reported overall lackluster sales for the 4/20/2020 holiday but increased traffic during the week prior was a common trend.

There are many conflicting reports about the safety of cannabis use for pregnant women. Here’s what we know:

A recent study shows that cannabis use has increased dramatically among U.S. adults aged 65 and older.

A recent study found that people under the influence of cannabis are more susceptible to false memories.

A new Leafly jobs report shows that the cannabis industry has doubled in size over the last four years.

Eaze’s 2019 State of Cannabis Report saw an increase of Gen Z and Baby Boomer customers on the platform in addition to a decrease in vape sales, likely due to the vaping-associated pulmonary illness that emerged last year.

A data breach discovered in the cannabis point-of-sale system THSuite has reportedly leaked more than 85,000 files from dispensaries, including patient info, throughout the U.S.

Mara Gordon is the co-founder and CEO of Aunt Zelda’s, a California company renowned for a compassionate and scientific approach to the medical cannabis space.

A recently published study, which spanned 12 years, suggests that people who experience depression may be twice as likely to consume cannabis.

Hemp cultivation rates in the U.S. have quadrupled since 2018, with an estimated 115,000 to 138,000 acres of hemp expected to be harvested by the year’s end.

A new hemp industry report from Headset indicates that the popularity of CBD products such as topicals, tinctures, and edibles is growing at a much faster rate than that of their THC-rich counterparts.

A recent U.S. survey found that if cannabis were made federally legal, the vast majority of consumers (85 percent) would use it as a treatment option for specific ailments, not necessarily just for recreation.

A recent report suggests that the international industrial hemp market is poised to grow to $13.03 billion by 2026 due to increasing demand for hemp-based cosmetics, health foods, and protein supplements.

A strong majority of cannabis consumers say they prefer cannabis use to alcohol consumption; 45 percent said they would likely replace some of their drinking with cannabis in the future.

A report compiled by Leafly and Whitney Economics shows that the cannabis industry, sporting 200,000 jobs and an explosive rate of growth, is one of the fastest-growing sectors of the U.S. economy.

Consumer research giant Nielsen is partnering with the cannabis industry analytics company Headset to provide extensive new data offerings to Consumer Packaged Goods companies.