The next time you pick up a cannabis-infused gummy, chocolate bar, or seltzer, consider how lucky we are to be in a moment where two cultural passions fused, creating culinary and recreational opportunities that would have seemed impossible even a generation ago.
In the quarter century since cannabis was first legalized for medical use in California in 1996, the industry has grown steadily, to the point that the majority of Americans now live in states where cannabis is legal for both medical and recreational use. Within the cannabis industry itself, perhaps no category has matured and flourished quite like edibles.
