Kansas is one of three states that has not yet legalized medical marijuana. But, banking on the idea that legalization is inevitable, one organization is gearing up to focus on what the growth of that industry will look like. “It (marijuana) isn’t something to be feared. It’s something to be regulated,” said Barry Grissom, a former U.S. Attorney for the District of Kansas and member of the Kansas Cannabis Chamber of Commerce. “I’ll use Colorado as an example,” Grissom said on Up to Date. “In 2017, total cannabis related sales in that state was $1.5 billion. What that tells me as a prosecutor is that $1.5 billion didn’t go to criminals. It went to entrepreneurs who created 20,000 new jobs. Kansas should be able to do that.”
Source: KCUR News
