Marijuana Business Magazine - February 2018

What’s your sense of what the future holds for the U.S. marijuana industry, given that the Trump administration and Attorney General Jeff Sessions have not articulated a clear policy on cannabis or federal law enforcement? He (Sessions) told me early on that this would not be a priority because it’s not a priority of the Trump adminis- tration. He also said they don’t see a change in direction from the Obama administration to the Trump adminis- tration when it comes to enforcement. In that respect, I think that’s very much the way they have operated, and continue to. I made it very clear that this is the way (Colorado) had voted and that this is a states’ rights issue and (that Sessions should) continue to allow this state laboratory of democracy to continue. As more Republicans like you have come out in favor of national marijuana-related reforms, has cannabis become a more politically palatable topic for members of Congress? And what does it all mean for the marijuana industry? I think as more states accept and adopt either medi- cal marijuana or forms of recreational marijuana, I think this grows the education level of members in the House and the Senate. Just look at Utah. Utah could very well be adopting medical marijuana (through a 2018 statewide ballot measure), so that means that senators that may not otherwise be considered supporters of this effort, like Sens. (Mike) Lee and (Orrin) Hatch, are going to have to think about it when it comes to what their constituents have done as opposed to what federal policy is. Do you think Congress is going to take the lead from the states at some point on regulating mari- juana and cannabis businesses? Or will this con- tinue for the foreseeable future to be a state-led system as long as marijuana remains a Schedule 1 narcotic? I’m not going to speculate on what may or may not happen in the foreseeable future in the industry. I’m cur- rently focused on how these laws impact Colorado, and I want to make sure that the businesses following the law are not at a disadvantage compared to other industries in the state. Right now, the states are in the driver’s seat for the industry, and different states will have different views on the issue. ◆ INTRODUCING THE BUD GOBLET ™ Frosted Sativa Indica Hybrid Available February 2018! Now Taking Pre-Orders PATENT PENDING

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