The marijuana business in the Northwest is surging, and the product that goes hand in hand with marijuana is CBD.  

Getty images
Getty images
loading...

What is CBD? 

Cannabidiol, or CBD Is a compound derived from marijuana and hemp that is non intoxicating. Users typically use it for. mood, anxiety, various forms of pain, stress, and sleep problems. 

My sister Jenny has actually experimented with CBD for her sleep issues and found it to be mostly ineffective. 

Getty images
Getty images
loading...

So, I have a question, what major metropolitan cities find CDB most popular? 

According to seattletimes.com,
New Nielsen market-research data shows that among the nation’s 75 largest metro areas, Seattle ranked No. 2 for the share of adults who say they either use CBD products or plan to. Roughly 19% of Seattle-area adults, or a projected 625,000 people, fell into that camp.’ 

Yeah, baby, we're #2.  

But to start off with, rather than looking at the top five metropolitan cities that use CDB's first, I thought it would be interesting to look at the bottom 5. 

Getty images
Getty images
loading...

The research focused on the top 75 metro markets. Here is the bottom 5. 

Percentage of adults who use or plan to use CBD
Bottom 5 

Number 5, Oxnard, California, 12.6 percent 

Number 4, Raleigh, N. Carolina 12.2 percent 

Number 3, Greensboro, N. Carolina 11.7 percent 

Number 2, Buffalo, New York 11.6 percent 

Number 1, El Paso, Texas 11.4 percent 

Getty images
Getty images
loading...

Top 5 

Number 5, Portland OR. 18.8 percent 

Number 4, Minneapolis, Minnesota 18.8 percent 

Number 3, Los Angeles, California 18.8 percent 

Number 2, Seattle, Washington 19.1 percent 

Number 1, Honolulu, Hawaii 20.6 percent
Seattle ranks No. 2 among large metros for CBD use, new data shows | The Seattle Times
CBD Products - United States | Statista Market Forecast

QUIZ: Can You Name All 10 of Washington State’s Famous Symbols

Are you really smarter than a 5th grader?

Take a look at the 10 most famous official Washington State symbols and see how many of these you can still remember and see how many of these you get correct on our fun test.

Gallery Credit: Rik Mikals


AI-Generated Pokemon Based on Washington Towns

Love Pokemon? So do we! So we asked AI to come up with unique "Fakemon" (fake Pokemon) that represent ten major Washington towns.

Gallery Credit: Jaime Skelton