How the Junk Food Industry is Benefiting from the Legalization of Recreational Weed

Findings of a new study conducted by a researcher from the University of Connecticut revealed that your munchies have actually positively impacted sales of junk food. The study, published in the Social Science Research Network, involved analyzing data, most of which came from the Nielsen Retail Scanner database which contains 10 years of data from 2,000 counties in the United States. Specifically, they looked at how much people were buying on a monthly basis when it came to ice cream, chips, and cookies from mass distribution outlets, convenience stores, and groceries.