Ngokombiko wakamuva kaWhitney Economics, ozinze e-Oregon, imboni ye-cannabis esemthethweni yase-US ibone ukukhula ngonyaka we-11 olandelanayo, kodwa ijubane lokwanda lehla ngo-2024. Inkampani yocwaningo lwezomnotho yaphawula ephephandabeni layo langoFebhuwari ukuthi imali yokugcina yokudayisa yonyaka kulindeleke ukuthi ibe phakathi kwama-dollar ayizigidi eziyizinkulungwane ezingu-30,2 kanye no-$ 30.2 billion kanye no-$ 30.7 billion. Njengoba kubikiwe *Umbiko Wemakethe Ehlaza*, nakuba ukukhula kusalokhu kuzinzile, izinga lokukhula kwemboni yensangu esemthethweni yase-US lehlile uma liqhathaniswa namazinga angaphambi kobhubhane futhi liye lehla selokhu kwaqala lolu bhubhane. Lo mbiko uphinde wagqamisa okunye okuphathelene nomkhuba: isibalo samabhizinisi ensangu avalayo siyakhula. Ekupheleni kwalo nyaka, cishe amalayisense ebhizinisi asebenzayo ayi-1,000 alahlekile, kanti ama-27.3% kuphela abaqhubi be-cannabis ezweni lonke babike inzuzo. UBeau Whitney, umsunguli weWhitney Economics, uxwayise ngokuthi, "Ngaphandle kwalapho kube nezinguquko ezinhle zenqubomgomo kuwo womabili amazinga wombuso wamabhizinisi ensangu, izinga lokuvalwa kwamabhizinisi lizoqhubeka nokukhula ngesivinini."
Umbiko uhlaziye ukuthi ukuthengiswa kweMichigan kudlule obekulindelekile, kwafinyelela cishe ku-$3.3 billion, cishe amaRandi ayizigidi ezingama-400 ngaphezu kwalokho obekulindelwe, ngokwengxenye ngenxa yokuthenga ngaphandle kwesifunda okuvela ezifundeni ezingomakhelwane. I-New York nayo yenze kahle ngemva kokuba izinguquko zokulawula zivumele ukuvulwa kwamakhemisi athengisa acishe abe ngu-230, ukuthengiswa kufinyelela ku-$859 million, okuwukunyuka okuphawulekayo kusuka ku-$264 million ngo-2023. Ngokuphambene nalokho, iFlorida yahluleka kulokho okwakulindelwe ngenxa yokwehla okubukhali kokubhaliswa kweziguli zezokwelapha. Le nkampani ibikezela ukuthi naphezu kokuthi opharetha abaphakathi kwezifunda beqhubeka nokwandisa imisebenzi yokudayisa, izinga lokukhula kombuso lizohamba kancane ngo-2025. UWhitney waphawula, “Ukukhipha izitolo eziningi kuzonciphisa kuphela isilinganiso sokuthengiswa kwesitolo ngasinye.”
Phakathi naleso sikhathi, izimpawu zokuma ziye zavela ezimakethe ezivuthiwe. Umbiko uveze ukuthi i-Arizona ikhule ngendlela engeyinhle, kanti isidingo e-Colorado, Oregon, nase-Washington senyuke noma sehle kancane njengoba lezi zimakethe zisondela ekugcwalisekeni kwezimakethe. UWhitney ubalule ingxenye yokuncipha kokukhula kwemboni ye-cannabis esemthethweni yase-US ngenxa yokungasebenzi kwenhlangano ekuguqulweni kwensangu, okuhlanganisa ukulalelwa okumile mayelana nokuhlukaniswa kabusha kwe-cannabis kanye nokuma kwemithetho kuCongress mayelana namabhange, ukuguqulwa kwentela, kanye nokuhweba phakathi kwezifunda. UWhitney ugcizelele wathi, "Izinga lokwethenjwa embonini ye-cannabis yiCongress yaseMelika lehle kakhulu emlandweni."
Umbiko uveze ukuthi ukungasebenzi kukahulumeni kuholele ekwenyukeni kwama-70% kwesibalo sezifundazwe ezibhekana nokwehla konyaka nonyaka emalini etholwa yizitolo. Isamba semali engenayo yokuthengisa ezifundazweni eziyisithupha zezimakethe ezivuthiwe yehle ngezigidi ezingama-$457.9, kuyilapho imali engenayo ezimakethe ezine ezisafufusa yehle ngezigidi ezingu-161.2 zamaRandi. I-ejensi ixwayise ngokuthi ngaphandle kwezinguquko zenqubomgomo ye-cannabis, naphezu kokukhula kokuthengisa okuphelele, imboni ingase ibhekane nokuhlanganiswa okuqhubekayo okuvuna izinkampani ezinkulu, ukwehla kwemali yentela kanye nokulahlekelwa kwemisebenzi okwengeziwe. Amabhizinisi abesifazane nabancane, ikakhulukazi, angaphansi kwengcindezi enkulu. Uma kubhekwa ukuthi imali ebolekiwe eminingi isekelwe ezikweletini futhi idinga iziqinisekiso zomuntu siqu, “ukulahlekelwa ingcebo” kulaba baqhubi kuzoba kubi nakakhulu.
Isikhathi sokuthumela: Mar-07-2025