Oregon's cannabis market generates ~$925 million annually at $3.33/g flower. A 17% excise rate and open licensing produced the most price-competitive legal market in the country — and complete black market displacement as a result. Market Overview Oregon legalized adult-use cannabis under Measure 91 in
Florida's medical cannabis program is the most data-rich in the country. Every gram dispensed to every patient flows through mandatory state tracking. What the data shows is both a consumption baseline that validates the broader framework and a market that is structurally ready for recreational expansion the
Ten years into the great American cannabis experiment, we have a puzzle: Why do some legal markets completely crush the black market while others barely make a dent? Oregon and Colorado capture over 100% of their resident cannabis demand. Quebec, with cheaper prices and Amazon-style 90-minute delivery, languishes
Updated: October 3 2026 Quebec runs a cannabis retail monopoly — SQDC is itself the sole legal retailer in the province, unlike Alberta's private licensing model. Quebec bans home cultivation entirely (one of only two provinces to do so), sets the country's highest legal purchase age at
Uruguay made history in 2013 as the first country to fully legalize recreational cannabis. A decade later, you'd expect their state-run pharmacy system to dominate the market. Instead, only about 24% of users buy from legal sources—76% still hit up their traditional dealers. The surprising part?
Growing your own cannabis is supposed to be the obvious money-saver. It isn't — and the reason is a cost that no home grow guide on the internet bothers to count. The Conventional Wisdom Is Wrong Walk into any home grow forum or read any cultivation guide and
A data-driven investigation into cannabis consumption patterns across seven North American markets The Problem If you've read a cannabis market analysis in the past five years, you've probably seen the same magic number repeated over and over: 1.5 grams per day. Industry consultants cite