The topic of medical marijuana program expansion has been the key point at all the cannabis summits held in past couple of months. In one of the meetings held at an Informational Town Hall in Alexandria, the veterans in the field of Medical Cannabis discussed both the sides of the issues. Senator Perry Clark while responding to a question made a statement that since the country is already facing heroin problem, there is no need to legalize another drug.
There were several attempts at the summit to link heroin and marijuana. However, Senator Clark tried to ignore this attempt to discuss marijuana and heroin on the same platform. He mentioned a report published in the Journal of American Medical Association that reveals 25% drop in the deaths caused due to the opioid drug overdose in the states legalizing medical cannabis programs.
The New West Summit
Another summit was held in San Francisco and was primarily meant for the nerds in media or tech field. The highlight of the summit was the participation of the co-founder of MJ Freeway and CEO, Amy Poinsett. MJ Freeway is an all woman-leading provider of the marijuana business software that includes inventory tracking, the point of sale, cultivation management and manufacturing. Poinsett co-founded the company along with COO, Jessica Billingsley in 2010.
MJ Freeway has received three prestigious awards for adding innovation to their business approach and leadership from the Entrepreneur Magazine and Fortune Magazine, INC 5000. Currently, the Denver-based company is engaged in developing cannabis industry in 4 countries and 23 states. Both the top women leaders of the group are considered high profile speakers in the field of technology and science industries related to cannabis.
The High Times Summit
The cannabis industry is also looking forward to the High Times summit to be held from December 14 to 16 2015. High Times is known as the most trusted and reliable voice in the field of medical marijuana and since past 42 years have been leading the legalizing campaign.