The global cannabis market will be worth $75 billion by 2025

The research report entitled “Legal cannabis market by product type (cannabis flowers, cannabis extracts), species (Sativa, Indica), strains (THC, CBD), purchasing channel, application (medical, recreational), end industries and geography – Global forecast to 2025” provides an in-depth analysis of the local cannabis market in five major geographical locations and highlights current market trends, volume and share; recent developments; and projected to 2025.

Legalized cannabis may generate $105.6 billion

The report published yesterday “analyses how legal cannabis can generate tax revenues and new jobs for the US economy.” New data published by New Frontier Data predict that if all states in the USA legalized cannabis, by 2025 they would have generated $105.6 billion of tax revenue and a million new jobs.

The report analyses three aspects of the full legalization of cannabis, as well as the expected impact on the US economy. If all 50 states were to legalize cannabis, the number of new jobs would increase to 1 million in 2025.

Full legalization would result in more companies entering the market, more consumers and more employees on official payrolls. As a result, leading to $3.3 billion in revenue from payroll taxes alone.

The growing medical use of cannabis

The growth in this market is mainly due to the increasing legalization of cannabis, the growing medical use of cannabis. Furthermore, the growing number of elderly people who need cannabis to treat chronic diseases. However, high costs and strict rules on the production, distribution, sale, and possession of legal cannabis to some extent hinder the development of this market.

The global medical cannabis market has enormous potential, with experts predicting significant growth between 2019 and 2025. Besides, continuous research into medical cannabis applications is accelerating the growth of the cannabis market.

An increase in the number of countries approving the use of cannabis for therapeutic purposes. Those are the treatment of pain in cancer and HIV/AIDS patients, appetite stimulator and nausea reduction, which is expected to drive the global medical cannabis market.

The study offers a comprehensive analysis of the global legal cannabis market for different types of products, species, strains, purchase channels, applications, and end-user industries. The global legal cannabis market operates globally in segments according to product type (cannabis flowers and cannabis extracts).

Also species (indica, Sativa, hybrids), strains (THC dominant, CBD dominant and balanced THC and CBD), purchasing channel (online and offline). Moreover, applications (medical, recreational and cosmetic and other), medical applications (chronic pain, mental disorders, cancer and other) and end-user industries and geography.

Cannabis market

Geographically, the global cannabis market is split into North America, Europe, Asia Pacific, Latin America and the Middle East and Africa. It, in fact, remains estimated that the North American region will dominate the global legal cannabis market in 2019.

The large share of this region is mainly due to the legalization of cannabis in several states in the US and Canada, changing people’s attitudes to cannabis use.

Potential cannabis consumers in North America

North America also has a large base of potential cannabis consumers. Its acceptance of cannabis use for both medical and recreational purposes is growing. Moreover, its dominance may be most evident due to the increased investment of cannabis producers in the region.

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