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By The Numbers August 2016

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wateringWashington

The amount of money, in billions of dollars, that Washington has generated in recreational cannabis sales since legalizing in July 2014: 1 (Source: Seattle PI)

The amount of money, in millions of dollars, that Washington has collected in excise taxes on recreational cannabis since legalizing in July 2014: 250 (Source: TIME)

The number of medical cannabis dispensaries operating in Seattle that are suing the state of Washington for forcing them to shut down after not receiving licenses to operate: 12 (Source: KIRO7)

The updated number of cannabis dispensaries that are now allowed to operate in Vancouver, up from nine: 12 (Source: San Francisco Chronicle)

The estimated number of authorized cannabis dispensaries that are operating throughout Washington after the state’s new regulations took effect on July 1: 200 (Source: KOMO)

farmers-marketSan Diego

The number of votes, out of five, by the San Diego City Council Rules Committee in favor of a proposed city wide tax on cannabis: 4 (Source: San Diego Union-Tribune)

The estimated number of attendees who visited a pop-up cannabis farmers market, available only to medical cannabis card holders in mid-June in San Marcos: 400 (Source: Escondido Grape Vine)

The number of votes, out of 9, by the San Diego City Council to approve a ballot measure that would set a tax on gross receipts for cannabis businesses: 7 (Source: KPBS)

The number of California cannabis businesses that have joined the National Cannabis Industry Association since January: 115 (Source: Fortune)

The number of cases reported by San Diego County regarding medical distress brought on by the use of synthetic cannabis between November 2015 and March 2016: 650 (Source: CBS8)

plantOregon

The amount of money, in millions of dollars, that Oregon has raised in cannabis tax payments from dispensaries between January and May 2016: 14.9 (Source: KTVZ)

The percentage of cannabis tax that will apply to statewide cannabis sales in Oregon starting in 2017: 17 (Source: OPB)

The percentage of gross cannabis sales made by dispensaries in St. Helens which will be put in a special city fund budget: 7 (Source: South County Spotlight)

The number of approved grow sites in Josephine County that will provide cannabis to local retail outlets: 11 (Source: Mail Tribune)

The amount of money, in millions of dollars, that was made in taxed cannabis sales in Oregon during the first five months of 2016: 60 (Source: OPB)

churchMichigan

The estimated number of people who attended Michigan’s first cannabis church session in late-June: 50 (Source: MLive.com)

The number of pages that contain the lawsuit put forth by MI Legalize regarding not being able to get its initiative on the ballot: 73 (Source: Michigan Radio)

The number of counties that will be chosen as testing areas for police training on roadside saliva drug tests, which includes tests for heroin, cocaine and cannabis: 5 (Source: AMI Newswire)

The number of years that the Michigan roadside saliva drug testing will be conducted in order to train police officers to properly administer saliva tests to drivers suspected of driving while impaired from drugs: 1 (Source: AMI Newswire)

The number of medical cannabis dispensaries in Detroit that are being ordered to shut down for violating the local zoning ordinance: 66 (Source: Detroit CBS Local)

moneyColorado

The amount of money, in thousands of dollars, that Colorado State University in Pueblo is receiving to study the medical cannabis industry: 270 (Source: The Denver Channel)

The amount of money, in millions of dollars, worth of legal cannabis that Colorado sold on April 20, 2016: 7.3 (Source: The Washington Times)

The number of schools in Colorado that will receive cash grants funded in part by cannabis excise taxes: 31 (Source: The Gazette)

The number of years that a study on adolescent cannabis use in Colorado was conducted for: 6 (Source: Fool.com)

The percentage of teens included in a study who said they used cannabis within the last 30 days, compared to 25 percent of teens in 2009: 21 (Source: WRAL.com)

taxBay Area

The number of California cannabis businesses that have joined the National Cannabis Industry Association since January: 115 (Source: Fortune)

The maximum number of cannabis plants that permitted growers are allowed to grow on a 10-acre parcel of land in Mendocino county: 99 (Source: The Press Democrat)

The amount of money, in millions of dollars, that the California State Department of Finance has provided as a loan to get the new regulatory water program for Bay Area cannabis growers up and running: 10 (Source: News Deeply)

The proposed percentage of tax on cannabis in Sacramento being discussed by the city council for the near future: 10 (Source: The Sacramento Bee)

The number of medical cannabis ordinances, out of five, that were greenlit by the Monterey County Board of Supervisors: 2 (Source: The Californian)

signatureLos Angeles

The number of “common sense” amendments proposed by the Los Angeles Cannabis Task Force to reform the city’s medical cannabis industry: 9 (Source: CRRH)

The number of people who signed a petition to get medical cannabis on the ballot in San Bernardino: 6,000 (Source: San Bernardino Sun)

The percentage of tax on medical and recreational cannabis in Santa Barbara in an initiative that will be placed on the November ballot: 20 (Source: Santa Barbara Independent)

The number of California cannabis businesses that have joined the National Cannabis Industry Association between January and July: 115 (Source: Fortune)

The number of votes from the Los Angeles Board of Supervisors, out of 5, who voted to approve a tax on gross receipts for cannabis growers and retailers to appear on the November ballot: 3 (Source: Times Standard)

cbd-oilBakersfield

The amount of money, in millions of dollars, that U.S. grown hemp made in retail sales in 2015: 573 (Source: Hemp Industries Association)

The amount of money, in millions of dollars, that the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences will receive through a federal grant to study the dangers of synthetic cannabis: 2.7 (Source: The Eagle)

The amount of money, in millions of dollars, that was made in hemp CBD products in 2015: 65 (Source: Medical Marijuana Inc.)

The number of people invited to participate in a study on a medication derived from cannabis by the University of Nebraska: 25 (Source: The Washington Times)

The amount of money, in thousands of dollars, that ex-NFL player Eugene Monroe donated to research medical cannabis at Johns Hopkins University: 80 (Source: Los Angeles Times)

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