March 2016| By the Numbers

Bay Area

The percentage of tax on future commercial cannabis cultivation for medical or recreational use, according to a new ballot initiative in progress for Sacramento: 5 (Source: The Sacramento Bee)

The number of Californian cities that medical cannabis delivery service Eaze delivers to: 80 (Source: The Columbian)

The number of patients that were served by cannabis delivery service Eaze over the last five months in Palo Alto and Stanford: 1,721 (Source: San Jose Mercury News)

The number of years that Hemp Con was held in San Jose, excluding this year when it was relocated: 5 (Source: San Jose Mercury News)

The minimum number of people that will be hired to work for the newly appointed California “cannabis czar,” Lori Ajax: 40 (Source: San Francisco Gate)

Colorado

The number of state troopers that were trained to use a new device that can check saliva for cannabis and other substances, in order to more accurately discover if motorists are driving under the influence: 125 (Source: FOX 31)

The number of businesses that will make up the cannabis mini-mall set to open in Trinidad: 5 (Source: Sun Times)

The amount of money, in millions of dollars, that was collected in cannabis taxes and licensing fees by Colorado state in 2015: 135 (Source: Fortune)

The amount of money, in billions of dollars, that Colorado sold in medical and recreational cannabis in 2015: 996 (Source: The Washington Times)

The percentage of Colorado cannabis sales that reflects an increase, compared to cannabis sales from the previous year: 42 (Source: The Daily Caller)

Los Angeles

The number of immature cannabis plants that the city of Temecula has approved for patients to grow within city limits: 12 (Source: Valley News)

The estimated number of people who attended the SoCal High Times cannabis cup in January: 30,000 (Source: Orange County Register)

The amount of cannabis, in pounds, that is planned to be grown yearly in the newly approved Desert Hot Springs grow facility: 6,000 (Source: Press Enterprise)

The number of people who spoke at the Temecula City Council meeting in defense of loosening cannabis restrictions: 15 (Source: Valley News)

The minimum number of people that will be hired to work for the newly appointed California “cannabis czar,” Lori Ajax: 40 (Source: San Francisco Gate)

Michigan

The percentage increase of registered medical cannabis patients in Michigan since 2013: 53.83 (Source: Licensing and Regulatory Affairs)

The percentage of Michigan medical cannabis registrants who list cancer as the qualifying condition and reason they use cannabis: 4.47 (Source: Licensing and Regulatory Affairs)

The number of medical cannabis patients who reside in Wayne County: 25,949 (Source: The Compassion Chronicles)

The number of collectives operating in Detroit that have one month to apply for a business license under the city’s new medical cannabis laws: 211 (Source: Detroit Free Press)

The number of months that illegal collectives in Detroit have to apply for a business license, starting March 1: 1 (Source: Detroit Free Press)

Oregon

The number of adults over 26 years old, out of every 10, who said that they use cannabis in Oregon: 1 (Source: The Oregonian)

The percentage of local cannabis consumers in Oregon who said in a public health survey that they use cannabis on a daily basis: 29 (Source: The Oregonian)

The number of people who attended the Oregon Health Authority meeting in Medford: 350 (Source: KDRV)

The number of different pesticides that were approved for Oregon growers to use on cannabis plants: 250 (Source: The Oregonian)

The estimated number of people who attended the 2016 Cannabis Collaborative Conference in Portland: 2,500 (Source: KGW)

San Diego

The estimated number of San Diego collectives that have secured building permits, and plan to open by the end of 2016: 4 (Source: The San Diego Union-Tribune)

The number of San Diego cannabis collectives that opened during the month of January: 2 (Source: The San Diego Union-Tribune)

The total number of legal medical cannabis collectives that have opened in San Diego so far: 5 (Source: The San Diego Union-Tribune)

The estimated number of cities in California that have instituted a ban on cannabis since 2015: 100 (Source: The Sacramento Bee)

The number of votes, out of 38, that helped pass AB-21 in favor of removing the March 1 deadline for cities to make a decision about cannabis: 35 (Source: The Washington Times)

Washington

The average price, in dollars, for one gram of cannabis in Washington: b(Source: Cannabis Now)

The number of votes, out of 6, from the Yakima City Council in favor of a draft ordinance that will overturn the city’s current ban on cannabis businesses: 4 (Source: Yakima Herald)

The number of illegal cannabis delivery services operating in Seattle: 24 (Source: KUOW)

The current number of cannabis access points that can remain open during Tacoma’s newly instated moratorium on new storefronts: 9 (Source: The News Tribune)

The number of new cannabis access points that have been approved to open in Vancouver: 3 (Source: The Columbian) 

Universal

The estimated amount of medical cannabis, in tons, that was consumed last year in Arizona: 19 (Source: Arizona Daily Star)

The number of residents in Chicago, Illinois who qualify to receive medical cannabis from medical collectives throughout the state: 4,000 (Source: ABC 7 Chicago)

The amount of money, in millions of dollars, that was spent on medical cannabis at collectives in Maine last year: 23.6 (Source: Portland Press Herald)

The amount of money, in billions of dollars, that was made from legal cannabis sales in  the U.S. in 2015: 5.4 (Source: CNBC)