Marijuana Business Magazine - February 2018

lNSlGHTFUL lNDUSTRY OBSERVATlONS What They’re SAYING “One of the grounding conversations we have is what can we do as an industry: How do we keep (cannabis) out of the hands of the people who aren’t supposed to have it?” – Kristi Kelley, executive director of the Marijuana Industry Group, on a lesson learned – teaching diversion – from a December sting that led to the arrest of 13 bud- tenders at large Colorado retail marijuana chain Sweet Leaf. Source: Marijuana Business Daily “In the end, it goes to show that legalization isn’t that different from what we’ve been doing for almost 20 years. Just more people. A longer line and a DJ.” – Sabrina Fendrick , director of government affairs for Berkeley Patients Group, on the initial impact of California’s first day of recreational marijuana sales on the nation’s longest- operating dispensary. Source: Marijuana Business Daily “A Fortune 500 company going across the bor- der is validation for the entire Canadian industry, and it will pave the way for more U.S. companies to follow suit.” – Avtar Dhillon , executive chariman of Victoria, British Columbia-based Emerald Health Therapeutics, on the potential impact of U.S.-based liquor gi- ant Constellation Brands buy- ing a stake in Canada’s Canopy Growth, the world’s largest medical marijuana company. Source: Marijuana Business Daily 116 • Marijuana Business Magazine • February 2018

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