Comparing legal marijuana sales to the annual revenue of nine popular food and beverages brands proves to be no comparison at all.

DENVER — Marijuana is rapidly becoming a big, semi-legal business across the country, with $5.7 billion in sales last year and tens of thousands of people working and paying taxes as they cultivate, package and sell cannabis.

Is it high time that America embraces marijuana legalization?

TACOMA – Sales of marijuana products in Washington state have for the first time surpassed $200 million in a quarter.

TACOMA – Sales of marijuana products in Washington state have for the first time surpassed $200 million in a quarter.

The marijuana industry is growing so fast that if the government legalized it nationally it would outsell ice cream.

With 4/20 now its own legitimate holiday, U.S. marijuana shops will set new sales records this month, analysts predict.