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Cannabis provides a variety of medicinal benefits including treating pain, relieving anxiety, insomnia, migraines, digestive issues, just to list a few. It is also enjoyed by people because they enjoy the relaxing effects. Marijuana use is growing in popularity, becoming more mainstream and publicly accepted as more and more states (33 and the District of Columbia), including Michigan have legalized its use for both medical and recreational use. According to the Center for Disease Control (CDC), marijuana is the most commonly used illicit drug in the United States that tens of millions of people use. In fact, according to the National Center for Drug Abuse Statistics, "about half of Americans, approximately 78 million people, claimed to have used marijuana at some point in their lifetime."

Looking at the US market for CBD products, its growth since 2018 can only be described as humongous. Its 80% growth to generate $591 million was just the beginning and it is expected to generate about $22 billion by 2022. The stigma that has for a long time been associated with the use of cannabis is slowly fading thanks to the new ‘cure all’ compound called CBD.  CBD stands for Cannabidiol which is a non-psychoactive cannabinoid that has been found to have a wide range of health benefits. With the legalization of medical marijuana in almost two thirds of U.S. states, everyone is rushing to get a share of this golden cake.

Cannabis is no longer the feared drug that was made illegal about 100 years ago. It all started with the legalization of medicinal cannabis and now its recreational use is following suit. Although it has not been definitely found to be safe based on limited research, there is suddenly a rush to use cannabis or CBD for its enormous health benefits. It acts as an effective pain reliever, an anti-inflammatory, mood stabilizer and immune booster among others.

Although the term CBD oil became very popular as recently as 2017, this compound was actually extracted by Roger Adams around the same time that cannabis was removed from the list of pharmacopoeia. This was in the early 1940s and it took him some years later, with the help of other scientists, to actually realize what he had discovered.

There has never been a better time to start cannabis/CBD retail than now. Cannabis has for about a century been kept under lock and key and then suddenly, it reappears and everyone realizes that it was not the devil’s lettuce after all. Instead, it is simply a misunderstood ‘cure all’ that should have saved the world from chronic pain, mental disorders, heart diseases, neurodegenerative disorders plus myriad of other health conditions.

Marijuana is a psychoactive drug from the cannabis plant which is used for medicinal and recreational purposes. This commonly used drug has many names that include cannabis, herb, pot, Mary Jane, grass, weed and bud. Its use dates back to 2700.B.C among the Chinese and by 500.A.D, it had spread as far as India, Europe and North Africa. Having been introduced to the Americas by the Spanish explorers in mid 1500s, its recreational use did not start until the early 1900s.

The cannabis boom is finally here. The health and recreational benefits that have been buried for almost 100 years now are coming back to life. This boom is not without challenges though and the main one has been confusion. It is like being released from serving a 100 year jail term and you are trying to adjust and live normally - hard. Everyone is trying to get a share of the benefits be it health, economic or simply recreational.