The U.S. marijuana eco**my is expected to hit $44 billion by 2020

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The U.S. marijuana eco**my is expected to hit $44 billion by 2020
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The grass really is greener on the other side — at least on the other side of legalization

According to new data released by Marijuana Business Daily (http://mjbizdaily.com/exclusive-u-s-marijuana-industrys-eco**mic-impact-hit-44b-2020/), if current business and legalization trends continue, the U.S. cannabis industry will pump up to $44 billion into the country's eco**my by 2020. The annual report, which has been produced since 2012, predicts that the eco**mic impact of the industry will jump from $14 to $17 billion in 2016 to $24 to $44 billion in the next four years

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Yahoo! Finance (https://finance.yahoo.com/news/marijuana-eco**my-will-hit-44-billion-impact-by-2020-133004729.html?soc_src=mediacontentstory&soc_trk=tw) points out that these figures are **t simply the sales of marijuana; they incorporate the sales, plus other money pumped into the eco**my as a direct result of sales Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/03/16/marijuana-eco**my-44-billion-2020/)


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