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Protecting the Marijuana Industry from Federal Legalization – Is It Even Possible to Stop the Corporate Takeover?

Federal legalization is coming one way or another, however how it plays out will be an interesting development to observe. It’s critically important however, to think of the average Jane and Joe and to create a space for independent and local businesses to compete with giant corporations. After all, cannabis is the counter-culture drug and if it gets swallowed up by major corporations – it would seem that everybody lost the war on drugs except corporate America.

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