Legal cannabis growers spend more on production costs on average than illicit growers, due in large part to paying a cultivation tax of 154 dollars, in addition to testing costs of 40 dollars that illicit growers do not incur.
Estimated production costs per pound of legal and illicit cannabis in the United States in 2020* (in U.S. dollars)
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Marijuana Business Daily. (August 1, 2020). Estimated production costs per pound of legal and illicit cannabis in the United States in 2020* (in U.S. dollars) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved May 10, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1142854/legal-vs-illicit-cannabis-production-cost-per-pound-us/
Marijuana Business Daily. "Estimated production costs per pound of legal and illicit cannabis in the United States in 2020* (in U.S. dollars)." Chart. August 1, 2020. Statista. Accessed May 10, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1142854/legal-vs-illicit-cannabis-production-cost-per-pound-us/
Marijuana Business Daily. (2020). Estimated production costs per pound of legal and illicit cannabis in the United States in 2020* (in U.S. dollars). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: May 10, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1142854/legal-vs-illicit-cannabis-production-cost-per-pound-us/
Marijuana Business Daily. "Estimated Production Costs per Pound of Legal and Illicit Cannabis in The United States in 2020* (in U.S. Dollars)." Statista, Statista Inc., 1 Aug 2020, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1142854/legal-vs-illicit-cannabis-production-cost-per-pound-us/
Marijuana Business Daily, Estimated production costs per pound of legal and illicit cannabis in the United States in 2020* (in U.S. dollars) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1142854/legal-vs-illicit-cannabis-production-cost-per-pound-us/ (last visited May 10, 2024)
Estimated production costs per pound of legal and illicit cannabis in the United States in 2020* (in U.S. dollars) [Graph], Marijuana Business Daily, August 1, 2020. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1142854/legal-vs-illicit-cannabis-production-cost-per-pound-us/