Americans now spend MORE on weed than on chocolate

Americans spent more money on legal weed last year than chocolate and craft beer combined after major changes to marijuana laws, a new report has revealed.

Tapped at $30billion by cannabis website MJBizDaily, the monetary measure of legal marijuana sales increased by more than $12million from the year before, when only Washington and Colorado were allowed to shill the smelly stuff.

Since then, another 20 states have followed their western counterparts’ example, allowing licensed retailers to sell the drug recreationally – though federal regulators remain split on a more widespread decriminalization.

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As these dispensaries continue to surface across the county, the legal cannabis industry has benefited, seeing its market evaluation swell in the past year – a trend authors say is poised to grow in coming years.

In the meantime, the total amount spent by Americans on marijuana products has surpassed sums spent on painkillers and even the confectionary, which draw in $22.8 billion and 18.2billion respectively.

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