--- title: Your Top 5 News Stories - June 21, 2021 description: "Legal Cannabis Market Projected to Rack Up $43 Billion by 2025, Recreational cannabis in Connecticut: What’s next?, and more!" image: https://blog.newfrontierdata.com/hubfs/Canabis-Insight-Daily2.jpg --- [![](https://blog.newfrontierdata.com/hs-fs/hubfs/logo-ondark.png?width=431&height=233&name=logo-ondark.png "logo-ondark.png")](https://newfrontierdata.com/) # Your Top 5 News Stories - June 21, 2021 June 22, 2021 [In Sight Daily](https://blog.newfrontierdata.com/topic/in-sight-daily) [![4f528f28-606e-4754-a619-23c8a915e165](https://blog.newfrontierdata.com/hs-fs/hubfs/4f528f28-606e-4754-a619-23c8a915e165.jpg?width=1025&name=4f528f28-606e-4754-a619-23c8a915e165.jpg)](http://newfrontierdata.com) [![Commercial-Insight-Equio782x90-1](https://blog.newfrontierdata.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Commercial-Insight-Equio782x90-1.gif?width=720&name=Commercial-Insight-Equio782x90-1.gif)](https://newfrontierdata.com/equio-features/) --- ![finance](https://blog.newfrontierdata.com/hs-fs/hubfs/finance.jpg?width=720&name=finance.jpg) | [![Screen Shot 2021-06-21 at 1.09.31 PM](https://blog.newfrontierdata.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Screen%20Shot%202021-06-21%20at%201.09.31%20PM.png?width=256&name=Screen%20Shot%202021-06-21%20at%201.09.31%20PM.png)](https://www.forbes.com/sites/irisdorbian/2021/06/18/legal-cannabis-market-projected-to-rack-up-43-billion-by-2025-says-new-study/?sh=7a07bb3d36b4)   | [**Legal Cannabis Market Projected to Rack Up $43 Billion by 2025**](https://www.forbes.com/sites/irisdorbian/2021/06/18/legal-cannabis-market-projected-to-rack-up-43-billion-by-2025-says-new-study/?sh=7a07bb3d36b4) A look at New Frontier Data’s new Cannabis in the U.S. 2021 Mid-Year Market Update report reveals market trends from expanding legalization.  | | --- | --- | --- ![wild card](https://blog.newfrontierdata.com/hs-fs/hubfs/wild%20card.jpg?width=720&name=wild%20card.jpg) | [![Screen Shot 2021-06-21 at 1.11.22 PM](https://blog.newfrontierdata.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Screen%20Shot%202021-06-21%20at%201.11.22%20PM.png?width=252&name=Screen%20Shot%202021-06-21%20at%201.11.22%20PM.png)](https://www.masslive.com/cannabis/2021/06/recreational-cannabis-in-connecticut-whats-next.html?outputType=amp)   | [**Recreational cannabis in Connecticut: What’s next?**](https://www.masslive.com/cannabis/2021/06/recreational-cannabis-in-connecticut-whats-next.html?outputType=amp) Nearly a decade after Connecticut legalized medical cannabis, it looks to become the 19th adult-use state, with sales to begin next year.  | | --- | --- | --- ![legislative](https://blog.newfrontierdata.com/hs-fs/hubfs/legislative.jpg?width=720&name=legislative.jpg) | [![Screen Shot 2021-06-21 at 1.12.16 PM](https://blog.newfrontierdata.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Screen%20Shot%202021-06-21%20at%201.12.16%20PM.png?width=259&name=Screen%20Shot%202021-06-21%20at%201.12.16%20PM.png)](https://apnews.com/article/virginia-marijuana-legalization-business-marijuana-health-4733016bf78752816c0576936f9859c1)   | [**Virginia marijuana legalization timetable has many confused**](https://apnews.com/article/virginia-marijuana-legalization-business-marijuana-health-4733016bf78752816c0576936f9859c1) Virginia had the fourth-largest illicit market last year, New Frontier Data estimates, about $1.8 billion or 3% of total U.S. illicit sales. | | --- | --- | --- [![85be82f7-e43c-4be3-b735-df3139c25b2b](https://blog.newfrontierdata.com/hs-fs/hubfs/85be82f7-e43c-4be3-b735-df3139c25b2b.gif?width=720&name=85be82f7-e43c-4be3-b735-df3139c25b2b.gif)](https://newfrontierdata.com/nxteck/) --- ![legislative](https://blog.newfrontierdata.com/hs-fs/hubfs/legislative.jpg?width=720&name=legislative.jpg) | [![Screen Shot 2021-06-21 at 1.13.20 PM](https://blog.newfrontierdata.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Screen%20Shot%202021-06-21%20at%201.13.20%20PM.png?width=260&name=Screen%20Shot%202021-06-21%20at%201.13.20%20PM.png)](https://hightimes.com/news/florida-supreme-court-cannabis-initiative/?amp)   | [**Florida Supreme Court Pulls the Plug on Recreational Cannabis Initiative**](https://hightimes.com/news/florida-supreme-court-cannabis-initiative/?amp) For the third time in three months, the Sunshine State’s high court struck down a grassroots ballot effort for expanded access to cannabis.  | | --- | --- | --- ![social cultural](https://blog.newfrontierdata.com/hs-fs/hubfs/social%20cultural.jpg?width=720&name=social%20cultural.jpg) | [![Screen Shot 2021-06-21 at 1.14.20 PM](https://blog.newfrontierdata.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Screen%20Shot%202021-06-21%20at%201.14.20%20PM.png?width=252&name=Screen%20Shot%202021-06-21%20at%201.14.20%20PM.png)](https://bangordailynews.com/2021/06/18/business/1st-summer-season-of-cannabis-sales-expected-to-buoy-maines-tourism-recovery/)   | [**First summer season of cannabis sales expected to buoy Maine’s tourism recovery**](https://bangordailynews.com/2021/06/18/business/1st-summer-season-of-cannabis-sales-expected-to-buoy-maines-tourism-recovery/) Maine hopes to follow the lead of Colorado, which saw a 51% boost in canna-tourism boost after legalized adult-use cannabis there in 2012.  | | --- | --- | ---   [![Equio Part 3](https://blog.newfrontierdata.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Equio%20Part%203.gif?width=653&name=Equio%20Part%203.gif)](https://newfrontierdata.com/equio-features/) --- [![SIN blue](https://blog.newfrontierdata.com/hs-fs/hubfs/SIN%20blue.png?width=389&name=SIN%20blue.png)](http://newfrontierdata.com) 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