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I think the floodgates have opened towards full legalization, but for VC/Investors/Accelerators to invest in a company who's product is illegal -- that's bold. Good for them!
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What bunkydoo is saying, is that doctors touting cannabis may still be a thing, because it's legal to tout cannabis as a health product. Which is an interesting thought, because doctors totally used to do that with alcohol and tobacco. https://www.google.com/search?q=doctor+recommended+cigarette...
People making house-calls selling knives is also still a thing, but I wouldn't recommend getting into that business. The business existing doesn't mean it is a smart business to get into. The high-availability-doctor/one-stop-shop variety of weed business relies on loose medical laws but draconian recreational laws. Recreational users don't want to shop around for a doctor to approve their "condition", so these busin…
And the reason that we're likely to see this for marijuana, is that there is now a well-established narrative that marijuana is chock-full of health benefits. So people (the sort who are wealthy and anxious enough to eat organic and "natural" and question "traditional medicine") are going to be likely to buy into that sort of doctor endorsement to make them feel better about their recreational drug habit. And the market will provide...
To reiterate my lead in a different way, this has nothing to do with doctors writing prescriptions for medical marijuana.