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. 2023 Jul 5;6(2):133–148. doi: 10.26828/cannabis/2023/000148

Table 3.

State Level Accuracy of Cannabis Retailer Location Information from Webservices and Government-Maintained Registries1

State Webservice (n=611)2 Government-Maintained Registries (655)3
Sampled Obs. n Correct Location Information n (%) Incorrect Location Information n (%) Cannot Determine n (%) Sampled Obs. n Correct Location Information n (%) Incorrect Location Information n (%) Cannot Determine n (%)
AK 10 10 (100%) 0 (0%) 0 (0%) 9 9 (100%) 0 (0%) 0 (0%)
AZ4 17 14 (82%) 1 (6%) 2 (12%)
CA 97 79 (81%) 17 (18%) 1 (1%) 105 103 (98%) 1 (1%) 1 (1%)
CO5 93 78 (84%) 11 (12%) 4 (4%)
CT 9 7 (78%) 2 (22%) 0 (0%) 9 9 (100%) 0 (0%) 0 (0%)
DC 6 3 (50%) 2 (33%) 1 (17%) 5 5 (100%) 0 (0%) 0 (0%)
DE 5 5 (100%) 0 (0%) 0 (0%) 4 4 (100%) 0 (0%) 0 (0%)
FL 16 12 (75%) 3 (19%) 1 (6%) 9 9 (100%) 0 (0%) 0 (0%)
HI 6 6 (100%) 0 (0%) 0 (0%) 7 7 (100%) 0 (0%) 0 (0%)
IL 7 5 (71%) 1 (14%) 1 (14%) 9 7 (78%) 0 (0%) 2 (22%)
LA 1 1 (100%) 0 (0%) 0 (0%) 8 8 (100%) 0 (0%) 0 (0%)
MA 12 12 (100%) 0 (0%) 0 (0%) 4 4 (100%) 0 (0%) 0 (0%)
MD 11 7 (64%) 4 (36%) 0 (0%) 10 10 (100%) 0 (0%) 0 (0%)
ME 13 8 (62%) 5 (38%) 0 (0%) 8 7 (88%) 1 (12%) 0 (0%)
MI 14 9 (64%) 4 (29%) 1 (7%) 8 8 (100%) 0 (0%) 0 (0%)
MN 9 6 (67%) 1 (11%) 2 (22%) 8 8 (100%) 0 (0%) 0 (0%)
MT4 8 4 (50%) 3 (38%) 1 (12%)
ND 2 2 (100%) 0 (0%) 0 (0%) 7 7 (100%) 0 (0%) 0 (0%)
NH 4 4 (100%) 0 (0%) 0 (0%) 5 3 (60%) 2 (40%) 0 (0%)
NJ 6 6 (100%) 0 (0%) 0 (0%) 6 5 (83%) 1 (17%) 0 (0%)
NM 6 5 (83%) 1 (17%) 0 (0%) 9 9 (100%) 0 (0%) 0 (0%)
NV 7 6 (86%) 1 (14%) 0 (0%) 17 17 (100%) 0 (0%) 0 (0%)
NY 5 4 (80%) 1 (20%) 0 (0%) 8 7 (88%) 1 (12%) 0 (0%)
OH 8 5 (62%) 3 (38%) 0 (0%) 10 9 (90%) 0 (0%) 1 (10%)
OK 73 55 (75%) 18 (25%) 0 (0%) 96 89 (93%) 7 (7%) 0 (0%)
OR 91 78 (86%) 9 (10%) 4 (4%) 134 127 (95%) 6 (4%) 1 (1%)
PA 9 5 (56%) 4 (44%) 0 (0%) 10 7 (70%) 0 (0%) 3 (30%)
RI 3 2 (67%) 1 (33%) 0 (0%) 3 3 (100%) 0 (0%) 0 (0%)
VT 8 3 (38%) 5 (62%) 0 (0%) 5 5 (100%) 0 (0%) 0 (0%)
WA 55 43 (78%) 11 (20%) 1 (2%) 142 136 (96%) 5 (4%) 1 (1%)
1

Location is calculated for observations which were confirmed to be operating cannabis retailers

2

Three observations in the phone survey were excluded due to the call being dropped before the location question was reached and further attempts were not able to reestablish a connection with either a person or a dial-based menu

3

Two observations in the phone survey were excluded due to the call being dropped before the location question was reached and further attempts were not able to reestablish a connection with either a person or a dial-based menu

4

Registry request was denied after multiple attempts including formal FOIA request.

5

Data oversight in government-maintained registry resulted in no data from CO.