U.S. regulators are currently making decisions on behalf of the cannabis industry, such as reclassifying it from a Schedule I to a Schedule III controlled substance.
The move certainly bodes well for the overall industry, but there's just one problem, according to Christine De La Rosa of The People's Ecosystem. Regulatory changes are happening without any input from the actual cannabis community.
Decisions are being made "by people who don't use cannabis," De La Rosa told the crowd in attendance at Wednesday's Benzinga Cannabis Capital Conference (CCC) in Chicago. "If we're not part of the regulatory process at the federal level, we are going to be screwed," she said.
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Fellow speaker and panelist, Jackie Cahan of 240 Holdings, agreed.
"Get loud," Cahan advised, citing how the health and wellness aspects of cannabis are overlooked, yet they exceed the recreational market in ...