{"id":23183,"date":"2025-10-18T17:21:14","date_gmt":"2025-10-18T17:21:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mmj-investment.com\/index.php\/2025\/10\/18\/recreational-vs-medical-cannabis-markets-explained-trading-the-markets\/"},"modified":"2025-10-18T17:21:14","modified_gmt":"2025-10-18T17:21:14","slug":"recreational-vs-medical-cannabis-markets-explained-trading-the-markets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mmj-investment.com\/index.php\/2025\/10\/18\/recreational-vs-medical-cannabis-markets-explained-trading-the-markets\/","title":{"rendered":"Recreational vs medical cannabis markets explained | Trading the markets"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=KgUcl5E3RMk\">Recreational vs medical cannabis markets explained | Trading the markets<\/a><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<iframe  loading=\"lazy\" width=\"480\" height=\"320\"  src=\"about:blank\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/KgUcl5E3RMk?rel=0\"  frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p><img  decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:left;margin:0 5px 5px 0;\"  src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/mmj-investment.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/k23tvf.jpg\"  \/><noscript><img  decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:left;margin:0 5px 5px 0;\"  src=\"https:\/\/mmj-investment.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/k23tvf.jpg\"  \/><\/noscript>Subscribe \u25ba https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/IGUnitedKingdom?sub_confirmation=1<\/p>\n<p>Watch Maxim Jacobs, MD and director of investment research at Edison Investment Research, and IG\u2019s financial writer Josh Warner discuss how the cannabis market works \u2013 including the differences between medical and recreational cannabis in our latest Trading the Markets podcast. <\/p>\n<p>Subscribe on iTunes: https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/gb\/podcast\/ig-trading-the-markets\/id1481590708<br \/>\nListen on Spotify: https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/show\/7KvbnNEPLMgawdOQTfh5JW?si=AWlCWIa6QkyhfxDcUfq2yQ<br \/>\nIG Trading the Markets: https:\/\/www.ig.com\/uk\/trading-podcasts?CHID=9&#038;SM=YT<\/p>\n<p>Twitter: https:\/\/twitter.com\/IGcom<br \/>\nFacebook: https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/IGcom<br \/>\nLinkedIn: https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/igcom<\/p>\n<p>#tradingthemarkets #cannabis #tradingpodcast<\/p>\n<p>We provide fast and flexible access to over 16,000 financial markets \u2013 including indices, shares, forex and commodities \u2013 through our award-winning range of platforms and apps.<\/p>\n<p>Established in 1974 as the world\u2019s first financial spread betting firm, we\u2019re now the world\u2019s No.1 provider of CFDs and spread betting* and a global leader in forex. 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