The State of Legal Weed: America's Adult-Use Market, State by State

Twenty-four states and D.C. now let adults 21 and over possess cannabis, and 23 states have licensed stores open. That's about 170 million people, roughly half the country.

In this video I break down the latest numbers from each state regulator's public filings: which states are clearing a billion dollars a year, which states publish transaction counts, where medical programs are holding on, and where they're disappearing.

Read the full article and the state-by-state table at newyork420week.com

Chapters:
0:00 Intro
0:16 Who can buy
0:32 Where the money is
0:56 Michigan
1:13 Transactions
1:40 Medical patients per 1,000
2:01 New York's patient drop
2:23 The new kids: Delaware and Minnesota
2:40 What's next
2:52 The bottom line

Data sources: state cannabis regulators' public filings and reports; U.S. Census Bureau July 1, 2025 population estimates. Where a regulator doesn't publish a figure, the article names the alternate source.

By Greg Silverstein (@sourcatjack) for @newyork420week