According to a recent poll, MEDCAN24 was the only one who shared this exclusive survey. Nearly 3 out of 4 marijuana consumers in legalized states said they trusted that the products they purchased on regulated markets were free from harmful contaminants.
NuggMD, a cannabis-telehealth platform, found that 73% of respondents had “high” to “moderately high” confidence that products purchased from licensed suppliers do not contain molds or pesticides.
A further 18% said that they did not have any trust in the quality control system, and 9 percent had “no” confidence.
These results are consistent with a NuggMD survey conducted in the past year. The poll found that 82 per cent of cannabis buyers have little to no confidence in marijuana obtained on illicit markets.
Recent survey of trust in the workplace The Regulation of the Regulatory Market-based interviews were conducted with 474 respondents between March 6-9. The margin of error was +/-4.5%.
These findings represent a good sign for industry players and advocates, as they show that the public is beginning to understand that legalizing cannabis and regulating it represents a better alternative than buying it on the illegal market, where there aren’t any quality controls, no testing or recall requirements, and the product can be bought without any restrictions.
It’s important to note that not all cannabis sold by licensed retailers will be free of contamination. This is evident from the various enforcement measures taken in states where such issues are present. However, the regulatory practices in place seem to help consumers transition away from illicit markets.
One can either read the poll as optimistic or pessimistic. Andrew Graham told MEDCAN24, “Knowing that the public has confidence in a marketplace is a generally good thing.” But there is increasing evidence suggesting that regulated markets do not provide products which are clean, safe and free from contaminants. “I don’t believe that this would be tolerated on any other market for consumers.”
He said that federal prohibition is at the root of many cannabis-related problems. The White House cannot legalize cannabis by executive order. However, it can direct the administrative agencies concerned to create and distribute uniform federal guidelines on state-legal markets for cannabis in a manner that doesn’t add any new regulations, because there are already too many. To give the states a set of guidelines, it doesn’t even have to reschedule.
Graham says that people who are using cannabis legally deserve the same protections for consumers as anyone else. This poll shows how the federal ban on cannabis is putting millions of Americans’ health and safety at risk.
NuggMD released another survey recently that revealed two thirds of marijuana users had been forced to reduce their spending on the drug due to inflation.
When asked about recent marijuana purchases, 66 percent said that they were spending less because the cost of living in Canada continues to rise. 34 percent of the respondents claimed that inflation hasn’t affected their cannabis purchases.
NuggMD’s November survey had different findings. That poll found that a majority of Americans who use marijuana said they were spending more on cannabis than they were in 2023, and many expected to spend even more in 2025.
Censuswide conducted a survey that found cannabis consumers self-reporting greater levels of stress than other people since Donald Trump took office.
A separate poll from the financial resources company Bankrate and YouGov that was published last month also found that seven in 10 American marijuana consumers plan to spend either more on cannabis or about the same amount in 2025 compared to last year—and 62 percent report using cash amid ongoing industry barriers to financial services.
Meanwhile, another NuggMD poll from January found that more than half of marijuana consumers say they drink less alcohol, or none at all, after using cannabis.
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