'Illegal To Essential': How The Coronavirus Is Boosting The Legal Cannabis Industry
NPR'Illegal To Essential': How The Coronavirus Is Boosting The Legal Cannabis Industry Enlarge this image toggle caption Gerald Herbert/AP Gerald Herbert/AP The coronavirus crisis could be igniting a revolution of sorts in the legal cannabis industry. "This epidemic and the way the cannabis businesses are being run really highlights the need for federal oversight," said Debbie Churgai of Americans for Safe Access, which advocates for broader access to medical marijuana for therapy and research. Cannabis essential in many states, but federally prohibited Nationally, 27 states with stay-at-home orders in effect have allowed marijuana operations to remain open in some form during the coronavirus economic shutdown. Legal marijuana sales across the country broke records last month, said John Kagia of New Frontier Data, which tracks sales and consumer trends in the cannabis industry. Marijuana advocates entered 2020 buzzing about the possibility of as many as 40 states having some form of legal cannabis laws on their books by year's end.
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