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As cannabis gains ever more mainstream acceptance and public accommodation, one of the most popular product segments for consumers has been concentrates or extracts. While concentrates can be highly potent, and their consumption techniques somewhat complicated, public awareness about the health risks of smoking (whether tobacco or cannabis) has only added to concentrates’ cachet, with a wide variety of methods and equipment to consider. Meanwhile, expansive innovations among value-added products (especially infused products, including edibles and beverages) will keep drawing consumers to non-combustion-based options.

Last year, New Frontier Data noted significant growth in the legal-market segment for edibles and topicals. Together in 2020, the two