CannabizDaily has gathered numbers and statistics related to cannabis use in the United States.
As of March 1, 2016, the top five states with the most number of patients using medical cannabis are California, with 758,607 patients, followed by Michigan, with 182,091 patients, then Washington, with 138,056. Colorado made the cut with 107,798, as well as Arizona, with 89,405.
Meanwhile, the states with the most number of medical cannabis patients per 1,000 people in its population are:
- Colorado — 107,798 patients in a population of 5,456,574 (19.8)
- California — 758,607 patients in a population of 39,144,818 (19.4)
- Washington — 138,056 patients in a population of 7,170,351 (19.2)
- Oregon — 77,620 patients in a population of 4,028,977 (19.2)
- Michigan — 182,091 patients in a population of 9,922,576 (18.4)
- Maine — 24,377 patients in a population of 1,329,328 (18.3)
Moreover, the total number of legal marijuana users with identification cards in states that require registration is 1,246,170.
And the estimate number of legal medical marijuana users in the U.S. is 2,604,079.
