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Marijuana Demand Increases reading

Is the use of marijuana legal where you live?


B Since its legalisation in many US states, the demand for marijuana has soared. Discuss
these questions and then read the article and check your ideas:
1 Order these items according to their annual sales in the US:
__ ice cream __ paid music streaming services
__ girl-scout cookies __ marijuana
__ movie tickets __ snacks like Doritos and Cheetos
2 Which of these are there more of in the United States: dental hygienists, cannabis
sector workers, bakers or massage therapists?
3 What is the launch of cannabis businesses sparking a boom in?
4 For every $1 consumers spend at marijuana dispensaries, how much in economic
benefits is created for cities, states and nationwide?
5 What are state and local municipalities doing with the marijuana tax receipts?
6 What has cast a shadow over the industry?

Forbes May 2017

also top movie ticket sales become is the employment


($11.1 billion) and snacks like figures. The report says that
Doritos, Cheetos and Funyuns the cannabis sector now
($4.9 billion.) employs between 165,000
As it is, legal recreational and 230,000 full and part-
and medical cannabis sales time workers. To put this in
in 2016 were $4.0-$4.5 perspective, there are now
billion. This beats paid more marijuana workers than
music streaming services at there are bakers or massage
Marijuana Demand $2.5 billion and girl-scout therapists in the United
Tops Ice Cream cookies at $776 million. On States, says the report. It
the recreational side of the even outnumbers dental
The marijuana industry is business, the original legalized hygienists.
growing so fast that if the states are still posting
government legalized it massive growth, said Chris
nationally it would outsell Walsh, editor of Marijuana
ice cream. A new report has Business Daily. The demand
calculated that the estimated for marijuana is so enormous
total demand for marijuana, in this country, he added.
including the black market Walsh thought demand might
is around $45 billion to $50 wane and that the novelty
billion. would wear off, but it hasnt. Then there is the ripple
Annual ice cream sales Just the opposite, it keeps effect of all these jobs. The
are only $5.1 billion. Total growing. report points out that these
recreational cannabis sales in Another metric that shows employees spend their
the US at this estimate would how big the industry has earnings on housing, food,

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travel and entertainment, created in cities, states and -one worry for companies.
which helps other local nationwide. State and local Increased enforcement from
businesses. The launch of all municipalities are plugging the Department of Justice
these cannabis businesses holes in their budgets with would have a significant
has sparked a real estate the marijuana tax receipts impact on future sales.
boom in spaces that were and making infrastructure
for the most part previously repairs and boosting schools.
vacant. Tourism is bringing The one caveat to all this
new travel dollars into these is that the election of Donald
states as well. Trump has cast a shadow
The report estimates that over the industry. While
for every $1 consumers spend many companies say its
at dispensaries, another $3 business as usual, Walsh said
in economic benefits are it is definitely the number

b Given the success of legalizing marijuana in the US, do you think other drugs should
be made legal? Why / Why not? Is there support for legalizing drugs in your country?

V Explain the meaning of the highlighted words and expressions in these extracts from
the article:
1 ...if the government legalized it nationally it would outsell ice cream.
2 ...the estimated total demand for marijuana, including the black market is around
$45 billion to $50 billion.
3 Walsh thought demand might wane and that the novelty would wear off, but it
hasnt.
4 The report says that the cannabis sector now employs between 165,000 and 230,000
full and part-time workers.
5 Then there is the ripple effect of all these jobs.
6 State and local municipalities are plugging holes in their budgets with the marijuana
tax receipts and making infrastructure repairs and boosting schools.
7 The one caveat to all this is that the election of Donald Trump has cast a shadow
over the industry.
8 While many companies say its business as usual, Walsh said it is definitely the
number one worry for companies.

V Match the words and expressions to these definitions:

___ make a situation seem less hopeful and more likely to end badly
___ said to mean that people will continue doing what they normally do
___ a situation in which one thing causes a series of other things to happen
___ someone who works fewer hours than the normal working week
___ an illegal traffic or trade in officially controlled or scarce commodities

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___ be bought by more people than something else is


___ the excitement of something new disappears when it is no longer new
___ the amount of money that you have available to spend

V Write sentences of your own with the words and expressions.


e.g. Coca-Cola outsells Pepsi in my country.
The novelty of social media wore off very quickly and I never use it now.

E What does the highlighted word in this extract from the article mean and what is its
origin?

Forbes May 2017

The one caveat to all this is that the election of Donald Trump has cast a shadow over the
industry.

We use a number of Latin words and expressions in English.


Do you know what these mean?
1 ad nauseam 2 modus operandi 3 per annum
4 quasi- 5 status quo 6 versus

V Match them to the explanations below.


___ the way of doing something
___ to a tiresomely excessive degree
___ every year
___ seemingly, almost
___ the existing state of affairs
___ as the alternative to or in contrast with

V Complete these statements with the expressions above:


1 The police said that the ___________________ of the burglar was to cut the telephone
lines and then break in through a window.
2 Nigels a nice chap, but a little boring. He talks about his hobbies ____________________.
3 What salary are they offering you? 80,000 _______________. 80,000 a year, not bad!
4 Most EU leaders didnt want Brexit. They wanted to maintain the ____________________.
5 His loyalty to his football team is ___________________religious.
6 Today we are going to debate travelling by train _______________ travelling by plane.

b Do you use the same expressions in your language?


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Teachers notes 1 student pages 3 low-intermediate+ (A2+)

V Match the words and expressions to these definitions:


7 make a situation seem less hopeful and more likely to end badly
8 said to mean that people will continue doing what they normally do
5 a situation in which one thing causes a series of other things to happen
4 someone who works fewer hours than the normal working week
2 an illegal traffic or trade in officially controlled or scarce commodities
1 be bought by more people than something else is
3 the excitement of something new disappears when it is no longer new
6 the amount of money that you have available to spend

E What does the highlighted word in this extract from the article mean and what is its
origin?
caveat = a warning or caution - from Latin

V Match them to the explanations below.


2 the way of doing something
1 to a tiresomely excessive degree
3 every year
4 seemingly, almost
5 the existing state of affairs
6 as the alternative to or in contrast with

V Complete these statements with the expressions above:


1 modus operandi
2 ad nauseam
3 per annum
4 status quo
5 quasi-
6 versus

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