Twenty-three states, including our nation’s capital, have laws that accept the use of medicinal marijuana. Nevada first approved the divisive measure in 2000, but it is this year the true controversy begins, as dozens of cannabis cultivation centers and dispensaries will open state and citywide, including within downtown’s Arts District.
Although marijuana joins heroin, LSD and ecstasy as a schedule 1 drug, the pendulum’s upswing towards government and public acceptance for both medicinal and adult “recreational” use is gaining speed.
At the forefront of downtown’s soon-to-open pot dispensary is Shane Terry, chief executive officer of NuVeda Natural Medicinal Solutions. A retired Air Force pilot and instructor, Terry introduces us to the medical cannabis industry with a myriad of facts, well-articulated opinions and his overarching goal of NuVeda becoming the first Fortune 500 cannabis company.
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