By the Numbers

COLORADO

The number of cameras that one Denver cultivator has installed in his grow operation: 48 (Source: The Wall Street Business Journal).

A low estimate of the amount (in millions of dollars) that legal and medical cannabis sales are expected to generate next year in Colorado: 700 (Source: Medical Marijuana Business Daily).

The estimated price (in dollars) for a pound of medical cannabis in Denver in April 2011: 2,900 (Source: The Wall Street Journal).

The estimated price (in dollars) for a pound of medical cannabis in Denver in April 2012: 2,400 (Source: The Wall Street Journal).

The estimated price (in dollars) for a pound of medical cannabis in Denver in 2013: 2,000 (Source: The Wall Street Business Journal).

MICHIGAN

The total number of MMJ applications that were denied by the state Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affair (LARA): 33,747 (Source: LARA).

The estimated number of people who attended last month’s Hash Bash: 3,000 (Source: Detroit Free Press).

The number of people who were arrested for cannabis possession at the Hash Bash: 13 (Source: Detroit Free Press).

The percentage of lawmakers who approved changes to the Michigan Medical Marihuana Act that kicked in April 1: 75 (Source: Crain’s Detroit Business).

The maximum number of plants that one caregiver per parcel could grow, according to a once-proposed Wyoming regulation: 12 (Source: mLive.com).

NORTHERN CALIFORNIA

The number of dispensaries that Santa Cruz’s MMJ regulations allow: 2 (Source: Santa Cruz Municipal Code).

The number of dispensaries that currently exist in Santa Cruz: 1 (Source: Santa Cruz Municipal Code).

The estimated number of attendees who gathered at Hippie Hill last month to celebrate 420: 10,000-15,000 (Source: San Francisco Chronicle).

The estimated value (in billions of dollars) of California’s MMJ transactions: 1.3 (Source: mmjbusinessdaily.com).

The estimated value (in hundreds of millions of dollars) of California’s MMJ market: 700 to 900 (Source: Marijuana Business Factbook 2013).

SAN DIEGO

The number of San Diego locations proposed for the Medbox MMJ vending machine: 30 (Source: U-T San Diego).

The number of Medbox machines currently in operation in California, Colorado and Canada: 100+ (Source: U-T San Diego).

The percentage of the sales or excise tax proposed for medical cannabis transactions by San Diego Mayor Bob Filner: 2 (Source: Voice of San Diego).

The percentage of sales tax that Oakland charges for medical cannabis transactions within city limits: 5 (Source: Voice of San Diego).

Mayor Bob Filner’s proposed fee (in dollars) to operate a new dispensary in San Diego: 5,000 (Source: San Diego Chapter of Americans for Safe Access).

SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA

The estimated length (in feet) of a giant joint seized by police at a UC Santa Cruz rally last month: 4 (Source: Los Angeles Times).

The estimated weight (in pounds) of the giant joint: 2 (Source: Los Angeles Times).

The fine (in dollars) for operating an unregistered MMJ facility under proposed Assembly Bill 473: 25,000 (Source: The Press-Enterprise).

The estimated value (in billions of dollars) of California’s cannabis crop: 14 (Source: TIME magazine).

The number of dispensaries per 28,000 residents proposed by Measure D in L.A.: 1 (Source: kcet.org).

WASHINGTON

The amount of private capital (in millions of dollars) that Seattle-based Leafly is prepared to use to scout out cannabis start-ups: 5 (Source: CNN).

Senate Bill 5887’s proposed excise tax (percentage) on the wholesale sale of medical cannabis: 20 (Source: The News Tribune).

SB 5887’s proposed tax (percentage) on the retail sale of medical cannabis if the grower is also the processer or dispenser: 10 (Source: The News Tribune).

The fine (in dollars) for using cannabis in public under Initiative 502’s rules: 103 (Source: Puget Sound Business Journal).

The estimated amount of time (in months) that recreational cannabis will be available at retail outlets once licenses are granted: 3 (Source: The Seattle Times).

AND BEYOND

The percentage of Americans who say cannabis should be legalized: 52 (Source: Pew Research Center).

The percentage of Americans who say cannabis should remain illegal: 45 (Source: Pew Research Center).

The percentage of Americans who were pro-legalization in 1991: 17 (Source: Christian Science Monitor).

The percentage of Americans who were against legalization in 1991: 78 (Source: Christian Science Monitor).

The percentage of Americans who supported legalization in 1969: 12 (Source: Gallup Poll).

The estimated number of cannabis users in Uruguay: 150,000 (Source: Bloomberg BusinessWeek).

The monthly cannabis “ration” (in grams) that a Uruguayan 18 years+ could register for from the federal government: 30 (Source: Bloomberg BusinessWeek).

The estimated dollar amount (in billions) that legal cannabis sales will generate this year in the U.S.: 1.5 (Source: The Huffington Post).

The estimated dollar amount (in billions) that legal cannabis sales will generate by 2018: 6 (Source: The Huffington Post).