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Bay Area

The number of possible cannabis store locations that could open up in San Jose if collectives were allowed in more zones: 31,000 (Source: SanJoseCA.gov)

The number of medical cannabis collectives that are sanctioned to operate in San Jose: 16 (Source: Mercury News)

The number of individual displays that show a variety of topics relating to cannabis in the new exhibit, “Altered State: Marijuana in California:” 10 (Source: Mercury News)

The estimated number of people who attended the 4/20 event on “hippie hill” in San Francisco: 10,000 (Source: ABC 7)

The estimated amount of trash in tons that was collected at the “hippie hill” gathering on April 20 in San Francisco: 11 (Source: Reuters)

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Colorado

The amount of money, in millions of dollars, that Colorado cannabis shops sold worth of recreational cannabis products in February of this year: 58 (Source: FOX Business)

The amount of money, in billions of dollars, that Colorado is expected to make during 2016 from both medical and recreational cannabis: 1.5 (Source: KOAA)

The percentage of THC that one ballot proposal, if passed, might require, to limit the potency of all cannabis products in Colorado: 16 (Source: The Denver Post)

The average percentage of potency in cannabis flowers sold in Colorado: 17.1 (Source: The Denver Post)

The number of scholarships that have been funded by medical cannabis tax in Colorado: 25 (Source: KOAA)

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Los Angeles

The amount of money that the city of Upland would have to pay in order to hold a special election to allow voters to choose whether or not they want to allow cannabis in their city: 100,000 (Source: Daily Bulletin)

The percent of cannabis tax that is being considered to be used to fund housing for the homeless in Los Angeles: 15 (Source: Elite Daily)

The number of days that Los Angeles County has chosen to ban medical cannabis growing: 45 (Source: 89.3 KPCC)

The number of votes from the Los Angeles City Council, out of four, that were in favor of approving a temporary ban on medical cannabis cultivation in L.A. County: 4 (Source: Breitbart)

The number of retired NFL players who teamed up with a California-based cannabis company to test medical cannabis in treating chronic pain and depression: 30 (Source: The Daily Beast)

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Michigan

The number of Michigan medical cannabis patients that has risen since 2012: 57,960 (Source: MLive.com)

The percentage of Michigan voters who say yes to legalizing and taxing cannabis: 53 (Source: WZZM 13)

The number of Michigan patients in the tri-county area of Huron, Sanilac and Tuscola who used cannabis in 2015: 182,000 (Source: Huron Daily Tribune)

The estimated number of people who attended this year’s Ann Arbor Hash Bash in April: 8,000 (Source: WNDU 16)

The ranked number that Michigan lies on a list of most enthusiastic cannabis states: 6 (Source: The Michigan Daily)

Cannabis Wages

Oregon

The amount of money, in millions of dollars, that Oregon collected in taxes from recreational cannabis sales in January 2016: 3.5 (Source: The Washington Times)

The amount of money, in millions of dollars, that medical and recreational cannabis businesses made in Oregon in 2015: 264.8 (Source: 24/7 Wall St.)

The estimated amount of money, in millions of dollars, that Oregon is expected to sell from its legal cannabis market by the end of 2016: 481 (Source: Statesman Journal)

The amount of money, in millions of dollars, that will be made this year in legal cannabis job wages in Oregon: 46 (Source: The Oregonian)

The estimated number of jobs that have been created by the arrival of the legal cannabis market in Oregon: 2,100 (Source: The Oregonian)

 

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San Diego

The current number of collectives that have been approved to operate in San Diego: 14 (Source: The San Diego Union-Tribune)

The number of days that was implemented for a ban on medical cannabis collectives in San Diego County: 45 (Source: The San Diego Union-Tribune)

The number of retired NFL players who teamed up with a California-based cannabis company to test medical cannabis in treating chronic pain and depression: 30 (Source: The Daily Beast)

The number of employees that will be hired to work under California’s cannabis chief, Lori Ajax: 25 (Source: Napa Valley Register)

The amount of money, in billions of dollars, that has been made from medical cannabis in California during 2015: 2.7 (Source: 24/7 Wall St.)

Washington

The decreased percentage of illegal cannabis that was seized in 2014, compared to 2010: 80 (Source: Fox 13)

The estimated number of pages in an ArcView Market Research report that has predicted that Washington will make the most money in the cannabis industry come 2020: 200 (Source: The Olympian)

The amount of money, in millions of dollars, that was collected from cannabis sales in Washington in 2015: 709 (Source: Mint Press News)

The amount of money, in millions of dollars, that the city of Spokane made in legal cannabis revenue during the first three months of 2016: 14.5 (Source: Inquisitr)

The number of access points that currently operate in Spokane: 17 (Source: Inquisitr)

 

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