Canabis-Globalization-Industry
The global cannabis market is worth USD$150 billion today.
Barclays, in their European Consumer Staples Report in September 2018, suggests that this figure could increase to USD$272 billion by 2028.
The
UN estimates that, well over, in a conservative approximation of 4.0% of the global adult population, or
over 190 million people, are cannabis users (vs. 1 billion smokers).
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The highest level of cannabis users is found in Europe, followed by the US and the Oceania Region.
In this European location, Although small, the Oceania Region is considered significant given its access to the Asia Pacific geography areas.
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The highest level of cannabis users is found in Europe, followed by the US and the Oceania Region.
In this European location, Although small, the Oceania Region is considered significant given its access to the Asia Pacific geography areas.
Cannabis Use Cases
Medicinal – here,
cannabis is used to treat illnesses such as pain and inflammation,
controlling epileptic seizures and possibly even sleep deprivation mental illnesses and
addictive drug habbits.
Recreational Cannabis – Where
cannabis is smoked or made into a high THC concentrations, which involves refining
cannabis into an untainted, cleaner, and potent, infused products, and edibles.
Most popular are the Edible products that are the fastest-growing part of the market and incorporate mints, gummies, candy, ice-cream, and cookies. Infused products include alcohol, ointments, and vaporisers.
Most popular are the Edible products that are the fastest-growing part of the market and incorporate mints, gummies, candy, ice-cream, and cookies. Infused products include alcohol, ointments, and vaporisers.
Industrial Cannabis – the cannabis
used for industrial purposes is defined as "hemp".
Hemp has been used for hundreds of thousands of years in paper, textiles, clothing, biodegradable plastics, paint, insulation, (just to name very few), and far more products spanning within historical records of our time.
Hemp has been used for hundreds of thousands of years in paper, textiles, clothing, biodegradable plastics, paint, insulation, (just to name very few), and far more products spanning within historical records of our time.
The cannabis
industry has been inhibited by regulatory restrictions for most of
recent history by mega pharmaceutical industries lobbying global governments, but the legal market has emerged rapidly worldwide as more
governments legalize medical and secondly recreational use.
Driven by efficacy, medicinal marijuana is gaining traction both within medical fraternity circles and within global general populations.
The political stigma is slowly being challenged scientific facts destroying pharmaceutical conspiracy-theories and is being rewritten into history as one of the largest lies in history against Cannabis consumption.
Medicinal pharmaceuticals are force feed acceptance of the drug leads to the eventual legalization for recreational use and medical use.
The political stigma is slowly being challenged scientific facts destroying pharmaceutical conspiracy-theories and is being rewritten into history as one of the largest lies in history against Cannabis consumption.
Medicinal pharmaceuticals are force feed acceptance of the drug leads to the eventual legalization for recreational use and medical use.
Legalization versus decriminalization
There is a clear movement from strict prohibition of cannabis motivated by mega-pharmaceuticals that lobbied governments worldwide,
the lines can be blurred between different forms of economic political lines.
This will be refereed to as legalization and/or the decriminalization of cannabis from past documents accounts and into future scientific research uncovering.
This will be refereed to as legalization and/or the decriminalization of cannabis from past documents accounts and into future scientific research uncovering.
The
most liberating form of deregulation is legalization.
This method is considered an effective method of tackling benificial illicit markets leading into the creation of a commercial, regulated market where competitive forces drive down dangerous tainted Cannabis prices and costs, undercutting the dangerous chemical additives placed into the street illegal market places.
This method is considered an effective method of tackling benificial illicit markets leading into the creation of a commercial, regulated market where competitive forces drive down dangerous tainted Cannabis prices and costs, undercutting the dangerous chemical additives placed into the street illegal market places.
Many, however, consider the creation of a commercial market is unhealthy for two reasons:
- It can lead to widespread consumption of cannabis, which for many years a myth has been perceived as the ”devil’s drug”, and the primary the gateway to harder substance addiction -i.e. mega-pharmaceutical lobbying influences; again.
- If cannabis is advertised and promoted, it can increase youth prevalence. It is for these reasons that the decriminalisation of cannabis is considered a suitable alternative to destroy the myths and make healthier nations via Cannabis.
It is still illegal to possess cannabis, however, possession is being
treated as a lesser administrative offense rather than a felonious criminal offense.
People are fined, rather than put in prison as back in the old days. Opponents to decriminalisation point out that it does not tackle the presence of the black market, but promotes the adrenilin excitement and fame of illegal illicit drug sales.
People are fined, rather than put in prison as back in the old days. Opponents to decriminalisation point out that it does not tackle the presence of the black market, but promotes the adrenilin excitement and fame of illegal illicit drug sales.
The Case for Cannabis Legalization
Canada had the following aims with its legalisation of cannabis:
- Reduce the consumption of cannabis by young people.
- Keep profits from the cannabis market out of the hands of criminals.
- Strengthen law enforcement measures to deter the sale of cannabis outside the legal framework, especially to young people.
- Establish and enforce strict regulations around producing, distributing and selling cannabis.
- Continue to provide access to cannabis for medical purposes.
- Apply taxes to legal cannabis sales.
“Some common threads that underpin the arguments for legalising cannabis are that: cannabis is relatively less harmful than other drugs, including other legal drugs, the costs of enforcement of existing criminalisation are high and that there are perceived medicinal benefits that are not being exploited.”
– The PBO, Canada
The Political Movement
The
federal legalisation of recreational-use cannabis in Canada,
medicinal-use legalisation in the UK and Germany, and partial
legalisation in some US states, (and do not forget this remains federally illegal) ,
shows just how strong the case is for legalisation is.
Despite
the sharp divides in support for cannabis legalisation, a few things
are clear: public support for marijuana legalisation continues to
increase, the industry is already a multibillion-dollar juggernaut that
looks primed for continued expansion, and there are clear potential
medical benefits of cannabis.
The FDA’s approval of Epidiolex in July 2018 (the first ever cannabis-plant based drug approved by the FDA, because it was mega-pharmaceutical manufactured), and its subsequent rescheduling by the DEA, marked a great moment for the recognition of the effectiveness of medicinal marijuana as a treatment method for countlss ailments.
A booming Industry
As global recognition of the benefits of medicinal cannabis increases ends of the prohibition era for cannabis.
There is a need for high-quality products at large scale for consistent, reliable supply to health users.
There is a need for high-quality products at large scale for consistent, reliable supply to health users.
It is safe to say
that the Cannabis industry will soon become the most lucrative and
thriving industrial sector in the world until mega-pharmaceuticals take ownership.
Cannabis cultivation is an industry with quality standards.
Cannabis cultivation is an industry with quality standards.
The Cannabis market is a
result of the federal legislation and export policies, are driving the
global markets and fuelling the hyperbolic growth currently being played
out in current industry.
Growth will not continue to come from the private style industry, but later will solidify form the entry of massive global mega-pharmaceutical players.
In Constellation Cannabis Brands with massive investment triple Canopy Growth, Molson Coors partnership with Hexo, and of course
Altria’s (who own the Marlboro Brand) investment of USD$1.8 billion into
The Cronos Group.
Let’s consider some of the regions and their largest countries.
The Oceania Region Cannabis Market – the gateway to Asia
The
Oceania market is set to quadruple in the next 10 years. Yes – you read
that right! With an overall population of 40 million, and comprising
over 30 countries, this is a large and strategic market for Cannabis. It
is also a market that already displays significant usage. The latest
report from Prohibition Partners, […]
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The
region consists of 42 countries, 650 million people, and combined
health care spend of USD$354 billion. In Uruguay, it boasts the first
country in the world to legalise cannabis for full recreational use in
2013. And through Colombia, it accounts for 44% of the allotted cannabis
exportation quota to the international markets. 10 Latin […]
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Moore’s
Law suggests that computing power doubles in capacity every 2 years.
Europe could be considered a Legal Version of Moore’s Law. The continent
has seen the number of member countries legalising medicinal marijuana
double in each of the past 4 years (2 every 2 years). This is
(essentially) the biggest Cannabis market on the […]
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*Updated
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always extremely important. What’s the potential? How much is this
industry actually worth? The term $20 by 20” has often been used to
describe the US Marijuana market. The potential size of the industry by
2020 could be $20 billion. Now, as we […]
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It’s a commodity
Many entrepreneurs, as private citizen are racing to get licesenced into producion.
Colorado has legalised cannabis in 2014 and has recorded dramatic decrease in cannabis prices per kilogram.
The Cannabis market is scaling up. There is a massive oversupply of cannabis bearing downward pressure upon the Cannabius prices.
Colorado has legalised cannabis in 2014 and has recorded dramatic decrease in cannabis prices per kilogram.
The Cannabis market is scaling up. There is a massive oversupply of cannabis bearing downward pressure upon the Cannabius prices.
Producers
that are not differentiated will suffer in the medium term and the
small “low cost” growers will struggle to gain a foothold.
It’s not even grown
Synthesized cannabis – AKA, CBD grown in labs and not in greenhouses is the
current way of the future profits.
Recently Cronos Group announced an investment in GinkoBio, a company that is pioneering the production of synthesised CBD.
This is a significant impact on the industry, as it puts more pressure on Licensed Producers that have spent an inordinate amount of Capex to establish cultivation centers and currently being laughed at.
Recently Cronos Group announced an investment in GinkoBio, a company that is pioneering the production of synthesised CBD.
This is a significant impact on the industry, as it puts more pressure on Licensed Producers that have spent an inordinate amount of Capex to establish cultivation centers and currently being laughed at.
The money’s in retail
Investors made massive gains in the licensed producers (Aphria, Canopy Growth, and Aurora to name
drop a few).
With recreational legalisation legally in active in place sends shockwaves into all Cannabis retail market-places in full swing.
Remember, it is the retailers that will ultimately capture the lion’s share of the margin, but mega-pharmaceuticals are the super-predators patiently in wait to own all in this end-game.
With recreational legalisation legally in active in place sends shockwaves into all Cannabis retail market-places in full swing.
Remember, it is the retailers that will ultimately capture the lion’s share of the margin, but mega-pharmaceuticals are the super-predators patiently in wait to own all in this end-game.
It’s going to be about brands
Consumers will demand high-quality brands, and with research showing that
consumers display great loyalty to their retail outlet and their brand
of choice.
Hint: Do you buy beer or do you buy Corona?
Hint: Do you buy beer or do you buy Corona?
Some of the biggest Cannabis Companies in the world are already here
The company "Canopy Growth" leads the prepharma wolf-pack
with a valuation of aprox: USD$11.0 billion.
The Big Pharma, Alcohol and Tobacco are actively tracking the industry and Canopy will eventually be dwarfed by the likes of Coca-Cola, Diageo or Novartis.
Peace Serenity... the Beginning...
The Big Pharma, Alcohol and Tobacco are actively tracking the industry and Canopy will eventually be dwarfed by the likes of Coca-Cola, Diageo or Novartis.
Peace Serenity... the Beginning...
