Data Coverage

The dataset includes consumer cannabis and related product listings, retail prices, and advertised discounts across multiple categories.

• Consumer products across CBD, THC, vaporizers, accessories, and wellness
• Online retail prices and advertised discounts
• Product categories and subcategories
• Merchant and brand identifiers
• Weekly price index aggregates

The focus is consumer level pricing rather than company performance, revenue, or stock data.

Core Entities

Product

A product is a single retail item offered by an online merchant.

Typical attributes include:

• Product name
• Brand
• Category and subcategory
• Cannabinoid type, for example CBD or THC
• Listed price
• Discounted price when applicable
• Snapshot date

Merchant

A merchant is an online retailer offering cannabis related products.

Typical attributes include:

• Merchant name
• Product listings by merchant
• Price listings by product
• Network identifier when applicable

Category

A category is a normalized classification used consistently across the platform, such as CBD, THC, vaporizers, accessories, and wellness. Subcategories are preserved to allow finer grained analysis.

Cannabis Price Index

The CannabisDealsUS Price Index is a weekly index measuring changes in advertised retail prices across tracked products and categories.

The index:

• Uses a fixed baseline
• Updates weekly
• Is independent of sponsorships or paid placements
• Is supported by a public methodology

Index page:
https://cannabisdealsus.com/cannabis-price-index/

Methodology:
https://cannabisdealsus.com/cannabis-price-index/methodology/

Update Frequency

• Product and price data is captured in regular snapshots
• The CannabisDealsUS Price Index is updated weekly
• Historical snapshots are retained for trend analysis

Data Access

At present, data is made available through:

• Public web pages with stable, canonical URLs
• Published research outputs and index summaries
• DOI registered dataset releases for citation and reference

Bulk exports or additional access methods may be introduced as the dataset evolves.

Licensing and Use

Unless otherwise stated, published datasets are licensed under Creative Commons Attribution NonCommercial 4.0.

License:
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/deed.en

This allows academic research, journalism, and non commercial analysis, including use in AI and LLM research workflows. Attribution to CannabisDealsUS is required.

Citation

When referencing the data or index, please cite:

CannabisDealsUS Cannabis Price Index (Weekly). Zenodo.
https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.18351090

Independence and Disclosure

• CannabisDealsUS does not sell cannabis products
• The data and index contain no paid rankings or sponsored bias
• Methodology and update cadence are publicly documented
• Editorial and research outputs are maintained separately from commercial listings

Contact

For research, data usage, or citation inquiries, please use the contact details listed on the website.