By Nicolas Rodriguez via El Planteo.
In the midst of the post-pandemic recession, governments argue the cannabis industry could diversify regional economies, add value to the flower at source and improve local wages. Their thesis? To increase the number of small businesses involved in cannabis production and incorporate technology into this process.
Although the cannabis market is growing faster than that of wine, beer, tobacco combined, the development of the industry and its economy is held back by the burden of anachronistic regulations and the lack of coherent political reforms.
