So we're right in the middle of what's being called the Green Revolution, which is the

systematic nationwide decriminalization and even legalization of medicinal as well as recreational use of marijuana of

cannabis and this is really a radical upheaval of what was historically of

a very very huge illicit drug trade that involved multiple countries

and thousands and thousands of people and literally billions of dollars for a simple plant,

kind of ridiculous, the idea to try to make something like this illegal,

something you could grow in your backyard, but it was done and continues to be done in some jurisdictions.

And so it's a pretty interesting time. Billions of dollars are now

coming to the mainstream. This is now a taxable good which is creating huge

huge tax revenues in states like Colorado and Washington State and all the

other places where it's become legalized.

And then the question is, what does this really mean?

I'm not a marijuana user.

I'm not a huge advocate of marijuana culture. It just doesn't appeal to me at this phase of my life

but what I think is pretty interesting is when you have this plant which has been used

for thousands of years and has some very interesting elements like CBD which is stands for

a cannibodial which is one of many one of dozens of canabonoids these

compounds that are inside of this plant that have some really

interesting properties first of all CBD it's important to remember as we get

into this discussion is non psychoactive which means you can take it and you don't get paranoid you don't get the munchies you don't

want to watch you know South Park episodes until 2 in the morning that that's

not the end result but it's proven to be really effective for pain, anxiety, and sleep.

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