Pot Acceptance Is Climbing Even as Illicit Market Has Grown

A study shows that public acceptance of cannabis is growing. 

Photographer: Cole Burston/Bloomberg

Welcome to the latest edition of my weekly newsletter on marijuana and psychedelics. From a Senate hearing on the SAFE Banking Act to psilocybin decriminalization in Connecticut, there was, as usual, a lot going on in my industries last week. But it was this snapshot of where America’s at with weed that I found most interesting.

Cannabis may face financial and regulatory malaiseBloomberg Terminal in the US, but that isn’t affecting the perceptions of consumers, who increasingly approve of it.