Despite its growing pains, cannabis projects as one of the fastest growing industries in the world over the next decade. With sales having already more than tripled between 2014 and 2018, various estimates suggest another quadrupling in worldwide weed revenue by 2024. With a massive black market that totals tens of billions of dollars in annual sales, demand is certainly not in question.
But this growth is being derived by more than just growers. There are a number of ancillary players and niche trends at work that have the full attention of investors -- and cannabidiol might be at the top of the list.
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