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

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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