New laws expanding the availability of medical cannabis in California have brought the state’s thriving cannabis culture out into the open. If you have a medical marijuana card, then getting weed delivery in California is ridiculously easy. It seems, at first glance, like there is more legal marijuana delivery in Los Angeles than anywhere else on earth. If California is really the 420 friendliest state, does it really have so many more cannabis users than anywhere else?
California Leads the Nation in Medical Cannabis Use
California is the only state in the United States with more than one million registered medical marijuana patients. Keep in mind, though, that it is also a very populous state. (Representation in the House of Representatives is based on the population of the state, and California has a whopping 53 representatives.) Perhaps it is not so telling, then, that by pure numbers, California has more medicinal marijuana users than any other state. What is really telling is that California has the highest percentage of medical marijuana users. Nearly one out of every 25 California residents has a medical marijuana card.
Is Florida Next?
California has been on the forefront with reform of cannabis laws. Colorado has also been quite forward-thinking, but it has a much smaller population. Therefore, it is a distant second when it comes to medical cannabis uses. Florida also has a big population, including many cannabis enthusiasts, but until 2017, it did not have a medical marijuana program. With new medical marijuana laws in Florida, we could soon see it nearly catch up to California in terms of number of medicinal cannabis users.
California has more medical marijuana users than any other state. It also has the highest percentage of medicinal marijuana patients.