Cannabis Binge in Quarantine Lifts Hope for Federal Legalization

The vlogger on WeedTube seemed to capture the moment. The woman, who posts as @indicawife, told viewers last month that she’d spent some of her $1,200 stimulus check at the local cannabis dispensary.

“We’re all going to be smoking a fat blunt with Donald Trump’s money,” she said as she took a puff. “That’s a bet.”

Social distancing at a marijuana dispensary in Oakland, California, on March 23.

Photographer: David Paul Morris/Bloomberg

There’s a lot to be depressed about as a lethal virus spreads, leaving economic devastation and political division in its wake. But these difficult days haven’t been awful for the up-and-down cannabis industry.

With nine in 10 Americans approving of either medicinal ...