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Just two weeks ago, I released my 2017 Legal Marijuana Forecast.
Despite the many legal victories and the nice returns cannabis investing has already brought in the past year, it was a very bullish report.
However, I've been hearing from some of you.
You're worried about the future of medicinal marijuana investing.
First off, pretty much everyone paying attention has read or heard about attorney general nominee Jeff Sessions' stated views on marijuana. They're not progressive - to say the least.
What's more, many of you are now seeing legislative "pushback" in some state assemblies where voters voted "Yes" on legal marijuana use back on Nov. 8.
In today's report, we'll figure out what's really happening here - and then we'll update that 2017 Legal Marijuana Forecast with these new facts.
Take a look...
No One Said This Would Be Easy
Look, there's almost 100 years of ferocious downward social and legal pressure keeping pot illegal and the cannabis industry depressed. For generations, people have been told by successive Democratic and Republican administrations that it's simply a dangerous substance for bad people.
Those are stiff headwinds.
But for just as long, there's been a strong tradition of activism that's been advocating for cannabis.
And it's now winning.
American society's views on marijuana - who should use it, how it should be used, and how it ought to be regulated - are changing with blinding speed. More than 60% of U.S. adults now favor legalizing, taxing, and regulating medicinal and/or recreational marijuana.
Just look at the powerful dynamic that's been playing out in the two months or so since the election...
Voters said "Yes" to medical and/or recreational marijuana in eight out of nine states on Nov. 8, but some state legislators are dragging their feet on turning those referendums into laws.
Legislators in Maine, Massachusetts, and Arkansas have already passed initiatives to delay pot sales in their states.
For example, in Maine, there is a bill now pending that would push back the deadline to lift its prohibition on recreational marijuana from Jan. 30 of this year to February 2018. The bill, L.D. 88, also would clarify that recreational marijuana will remain illegal for Mainers under age 21 and would prohibit the sale of edible marijuana products for recreational purposes until February 2018.
Of course, legal marijuana proponents are pushing back - hard...
Becky DeKeuster - a founder of the largest medical marijuana dispensary company in Maine, Wellness Connection - said the "well-intentioned" bill overturns the will of voters. Moreover, she said the bill would support the black market for marijuana - and would act as a "jobs, revenue, and investment killer."
"Here we have an industry that is ready to create hundreds of small- to medium-sized businesses and thousands of new jobs, an industry that will benefit ancillary businesses, generate revenue and an industry... with deep roots in Maine... that plays to our agricultural and our entrepreneurial strengths," DeKeuster said.
On the national scene, we'll likely se…
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Michael A. Robinson is a 36-year Silicon Valley veteran and one of the top tech and biotech financial analysts working today. That's because, as a consultant, senior adviser, and board member for Silicon Valley venture capital firms, Michael enjoys privileged access to pioneering CEOs, scientists, and high-profile players. And he brings this entire world of Silicon Valley "insiders" right to you...
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