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title: Your Top 5 News Stories - October 7, 2021
description: "Like it or Not Cannabis is on the Ballot in Virginia in November, Psst: Black Market Weed Still Flourishes, and more!"
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# [Your Top 5 News Stories - October 7, 2021](https://blog.newfrontierdata.com/in-sight-daily-10-7-21)

 Written by [New Frontier Data](https://blog.newfrontierdata.com/author/new-frontier-data) | Oct 7, 2021 6:48:34 PM

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| <https://www.cannabisbusinessexecutive.com/2021/10/like-it-or-not-cannabis-is-on-the-ballot-in-virginia-in-november/>   | **[Like it or Not Cannabis is on the Ballot in Virginia in November](https://www.cannabisbusinessexecutive.com/2021/10/like-it-or-not-cannabis-is-on-the-ballot-in-virginia-in-november/)** New Frontier Data showed that Virginia’s illicit market in 2020 ranked fourth in the U.S., ringing up an estimated $1.8 billion in sales.  |
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| <https://www.investingdaily.com/69276/psst-black-market-weed-still-flourishes/>   | [**Psst: Black Market Weed Still Flourishes**](https://www.investingdaily.com/69276/psst-black-market-weed-still-flourishes/) The illicit cannabis market costs the legal industry: New Frontier Data estimates the Mexican illicit market as worth about $3 billion USD.  |
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| <https://finance.yahoo.com/news/cannabis-opportunity-long-term-investors-ross-gerber-143742325.html>   | [**Cannabis 'is a huge opportunity' for long-term investors, Ross Gerber says**](https://finance.yahoo.com/news/cannabis-opportunity-long-term-investors-ross-gerber-143742325.html) Despite some Canadian companies’ ills, an analyst disputes that growth in the U.S. cannabis market might slow, arguing just the opposite.  |
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| <https://420intel.com/articles/2021/10/07/cannabis-vs-craft-beer-%E2%80%94-how%E2%80%99s-it-going>   | [**Cannabis Vs. Craft Beer — How’s It Going?**](https://420intel.com/articles/2021/10/07/cannabis-vs-craft-beer-%E2%80%94-how%E2%80%99s-it-going) Recent studies have found that cannabis usage in 2020 reached an all-time high among the 19-30 age demographic. How might that trend hold?    |
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| <https://www.packworld.com/issues/business-intelligence/article/21759628/considering-cannabis-packaging>   | [**Considering Cannabis Packaging?**](https://www.packworld.com/issues/business-intelligence/article/21759628/considering-cannabis-packaging) As consumer packaged goods (CPGs) consider legal cannabis product opportunities, they are investing in branding, packaging, and marketing.  |
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