Fig. 1
From: Public interest in Cannabis during election season: a Google Trends analysis
Relative internet search interest in “Cannabis” as a health topic between 2008 and 2019. Legend: Monthly trends in relative internet search volume for “Cannabis” as a health topic in the United States from 2008 to 20,019 was measured using Google Trends. Observed internet search trends (black line) vs. expected forecasts (gray line) calculated using an ARIMA model following the presidential elections of 2012 and 2016. The spike in searches for cannabis during January of 2014 is most likely due to the start of the first legal recreational cannabis sales in Colorado