Washington DC Cannabis Market
Medical cannabis was legalized in 1998 following the passage of Initiative 59 with the first dispensary opened in 2013. The Medical Marijuana Expansion Emergency Amendment Act of 2014 expanded eligibility for a medical card to include all conditions that a physician feels may benefit from use of medical marijuana. Cannabis Delivery Business
The District’s recreational cannabis was legalized in 2015 following the passage of Initiative 71. Anyone over the age of 21 can now possess up to four ounces of cannabis and may grow up to six plants.
The Medical Marijuana Reciprocity Amendment Act of 2015, which took effect in 2017, allowed patients from other jurisdictions that had medical cannabis programs equivalent to Washington, DC’s to use their cards at DC dispensaries.
In 2020, a temporary order was issued that allowed medical patients to have cannabis delivered to their homes due the COVID-19 pandemic. Starting a cannabis business
In 2022, there were 7 medical dispensaries, 9 (8 in 2021) cultivation centers, 82 (55 in 2021) registered active caregivers and over 26,000 (about 12,500 in 2021) medical cannabis patients in Washington, DC.
Dispensaries sold $28,407,606 worth of cannabis products in fiscal year 2020 (Oct-Sep) and total legal cannabis sales exceeded $35 million in fiscal year 2021 and $36 million in fiscal year 2022, according to figures released by the Alcoholic Beverage Regulation Administration (ABRA).
Cannabis patients spent most of their dollars (67%) on flower. Concentrates, the next largest share of the cannabis sales, captures 23%. Edibles, with almost 7%, came in third. Trim grab 2% of the market and other products categories represented less than 1% of the marketplace.
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