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Move over chocolate, Americans have a new addiction

Americans spent over $20 billion on chocolate in 2022, but that pales in comparison to how much of this plant they consumed

Newsroom April 19 12:02

Americans have voted with their wallets and the results are in.

They love marijuana.

Legal sales of marijuana and marijuana products – like edibles – reached an estimated $30 billion in 2022, according to a report from MJBizDaily.

That total is more than Americans spent on chocolate and craft beer combined, $20 billion and $7.9 billion, respectively, – according to Business Insider.

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Cannabis’ medicinal applications are also represented in the data as Americans spent more on marijuana than they did on opioid medications ($22.8 billion) and topical pain medication ($2.8 billion) combined according to MJBizDaily.

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