Cannabis continues to be legalized across the United States one state at a time, and it's going to keep happening. Several states will see cannabis regulations authorizing either medical or recreational usage of marijuana again this election cycle.

We track sizeable companies that provide goods and/or services to American cannabis multi-state operators (MSOs) and Canadian licensed producers (LPs) in our Ancillary Pot Stock Index. Here's how they did in 2021.

This article compares the performance of 7 ancillary companies that provide goods and services to American MSOs and Canadian LPs with those of our other indexed cannabis stock categories to provide insight into the true health of the sector.

The global legal marijuana market size is expected to reach $84.0 billion by 2028, and is expected to expand at a CAGR (compounded annual growth rate) of 14.3% from 2021 to 2028.