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

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, 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 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...


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