Among cannabis consumers in states with legalization laws, nearly 8 in 10 say they purchase all or most of their marijuana from licensed retailers—seemingly supporting advocates’ arguments that enacting regulated markets can detract from illicit sellers.
That’s according to a new poll conducted by the cannabis telehealth platform NuggMD. It found that 77 percent of people in legal marijuana markets buy all or most of their cannabis from regulated stores.
Specifically, about two-thirds (65 percent) of all respondents said they get “all” of their cannabis products through legal outlets, while 12 percent said they get “most” of it through legal sources.
Meanwhile 7 percent said they get “around half” of their cannabis through legal sources, 4 percent said it accounts for “less than half” and 6 percent said they get none of their marijuana from legal stores.
Another 4 percent said they don’t know “which retailers are licensed versus unlicensed.”
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The survey included 473 respondents and has a margin of error of +/- 4.51 percentage points, NuggMD said.
“While the adult-use and medical markets are not perfect, this new poll suggests that they are working,” Deb Tharp, head of legal and policy research at NuggMD, said in a statement.
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