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What do you think the medicinal Cannabis industry is going to do<br />

when recreational changes happen? Well, I don’t know. I think people<br />

see a lot of opportunity and also a lot of disruption. Opportunity is always<br />

disruption and there’s nothing as disruptive as Cannabis. The disrupters are<br />

being disrupted!<br />

I’ve been concerned. As in other pioneering industries, we’re seeing a real<br />

moment of flux- major consolidation and flush out for the industry, serious<br />

business people versus the imitaters. But I think it’s cool for us, as medicinal<br />

providers of high quality products, to get more market opportunity and a<br />

chance to serve people who aren’t just “out of options” but are simply trying<br />

to improve their lives.<br />

What changes have you seen take place in the Cannabis industry? In<br />

2008, when I started, people asked me why I was doing this if it wasn’t<br />

going to make money. I was doing it to get well, not to get rich, but it’s<br />

all perspective. Because people weren’t able to make huge profit from a<br />

pound of Cannabis, they didn’t see it as profitable. But this industry was just<br />

beginning. Really it has been growing for a long time. Because California<br />

went legal for medicinal Cannabis in 1996, we’ve been an incubator for<br />

medicinal Cannabis companies.<br />

“CA regulations are capping doses at 2,000mg per package. That is ok for a<br />

“tourist” but right now the max for a cancer patient is around 39,000mg”<br />

One of my big concerns about the regulations (which by the way I am very<br />

excited about and a huge supporter of ) is they are capping doses at 2,000mg<br />

per package. That is ok for a “tourist” but right now the max for a cancer<br />

patient is around 39,000mg. So, this is a real issue. I’ve spoken with people<br />

at the Department of Health and they understand but it’s very tricky. True<br />

medicinal potencies could be driven out by the recreational shift. It’s an issue,<br />

a big issue, in California.<br />

81 @<strong>MJ</strong>LIFESTYLE

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