{"id":46,"date":"2015-06-22T00:45:55","date_gmt":"2015-06-22T00:45:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cannachronicle.com\/?p=46"},"modified":"2015-06-23T10:01:55","modified_gmt":"2015-06-23T10:01:55","slug":"5-reasons-the-cannabis-will-be-the-fastest-growing-industry-in-2015","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cannachronicle.com\/2015\/06\/22\/5-reasons-the-cannabis-will-be-the-fastest-growing-industry-in-2015\/","title":{"rendered":"5 Reasons Cannabis Will be the Fastest Growing Industry in 2015"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"p1\">Ready or not, the green wave is here. The cannabis industry is growing and more and more states are having a conversation about medicinal use, decriminalization, and recreational use. This would add\u00a0growth in a brand new legal sector to the economy. From hedge fund and private equity guys loaning out money for start up companies, to producers, to the local shop owner, it&#8217;s hard to overlook the fact that cannabis is bringing about lots of green, \u00a0jobs, cures, health&#8230;and high times.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><strong><span class=\"s1\">1. Investment Capital is Available for Cannabis Start-up Companies <\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><a href=\"http:\/\/cannachronicle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/arcview_graf.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-114\" src=\"http:\/\/cannachronicle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/arcview_graf.jpg\" alt=\"700 x 400 Blog post image.008\" width=\"700\" height=\"400\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">The California-based cannabis research and investment firm, ArcView Group, reports that the legal cannabis industry expanded 74 percent in 2014.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><strong><span class=\"s1\">2. Four\u00a0States Have Legalized Recreational Marijuana <\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><a href=\"http:\/\/cannachronicle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/marijuana-graphics.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-114\" src=\"http:\/\/cannachronicle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/marijuana-graphics.jpg\" alt=\"700 x 400 Blog post image.008\" width=\"700\" height=\"400\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Marijuana is legal in Colorado, Washington, Oregon, \u00a0Alaska\u00a0 and the District of Columbia. \u00a0 Marijuana\u00a0is also decriminalized\u00a0in several other states.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><strong><span class=\"s1\">3. Distribution of Cannabis Will be Centralized <\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><a href=\"http:\/\/cannachronicle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/dispensary.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-114\" src=\"http:\/\/cannachronicle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/dispensary.jpg\" alt=\"700 x 400 Blog post image.008\" width=\"700\" height=\"400\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">As more and more states legalize and or decriminalize marijuana, there is a greater demand for dispensaries and products, such as edibles.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><strong><span class=\"s1\">4. More Medicinal Benefits are Being Discovered <\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><a href=\"http:\/\/cannachronicle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/health-benefits-of-medical-marijuana.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-114\" src=\"http:\/\/cannachronicle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/health-benefits-of-medical-marijuana.jpg\" alt=\"700 x 400 Blog post image.008\" width=\"700\" height=\"400\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">There&#8217;s a progressive movement in the medical and alternative health communities for a natural approach (marijuana) over traditional medications (pills.)<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><strong><span class=\"s1\">5. Consumer Product Opportunities <\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><a href=\"http:\/\/cannachronicle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/headshop.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-114\" src=\"http:\/\/cannachronicle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/headshop.jpg\" alt=\"700 x 400 Blog post image.008\" width=\"700\" height=\"400\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">As the consumer base for cannabis grows through legalization, so will the demand for pipes, papers, vaporizers and other peripherals.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"mantis__recommended__wordpress\"><\/div>\n<p><script type=\"text\/javascript\" data-cfasync=\"false\">\n    MANTIS_RECOMMEND = {\n        property: '556c86bbbf60bd001d672ecb',\n        render: 'mantis__recommended__wordpress'\n    };\n<\/script><\/p>\n<p><script type=\"text\/javascript\" data-cfasync=\"false\">\n\tvar z = document.createElement(\"script\");\n\tz.type = \"text\/javascript\";\n\tz.async = true;\n\tz.src = \"\/\/assets.mantisadnetwork.com\/recommend.min.js\";\n\tvar s = document.getElementsByTagName('head')[0];\n\ts.parentNode.insertBefore(z, s);\n<\/script><\/p>\n<link href=\"\/\/assets.mantisadnetwork.com\/recommend.3columns.css\" rel=\"stylesheet\" type=\"text\/css\" \/>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ready or not, the green wave is here. The cannabis industry is growing and more and more states are having a conversation about medicinal use, decriminalization, and recreational use. This would add\u00a0growth in a brand new legal sector to the economy. From hedge fund and private equity guys loaning out money for start up companies, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":339,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/cannachronicle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/740-x-400.002.png","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cannachronicle.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cannachronicle.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cannachronicle.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cannachronicle.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cannachronicle.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=46"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/cannachronicle.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cannachronicle.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/339"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cannachronicle.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=46"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cannachronicle.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=46"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cannachronicle.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=46"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}