Inside America's $2.7 Billion USD Marijuana Industry
A closer look at the “Green Rush.”
VICE recently sent a film crew to the city of Denver, Colorado (aka the weed capital of the U.S.) to document the inner workings of the growing marijuana industry. Despite accounting for approximately a third of the country’s $2.7 billion USD marijuana market last year, Colorado’s industry pioneers still feel the growing pains of this new empire, which can be attributed to the clashing of state and federal laws, and restrictive regulations amongst various other problems. VICE News meets some of the green investors to find out what’s hindering the marijuana industry from reaching its full potential.
