Wild Card: Getting "Into the Weeds" with the Cannabis Industry

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🗓️ 29 January 2020

⏱️ 11 minutes

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Matt Anderson from Vanguard Scientific joins the show this week from MJBizCon to talk about the ins-and-outs of what retail investors should know when making the decision to invest in cannabis, and if there's truly any more green left in the beaten down segment.

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0:00.0	Welcome to Industry Focus. The podcast that dives into a different sector of the stock market each day.
0:11.0	I'm your host Emily Flippin. I'm Jason Moser. I'm Nick Seyphill. I'm Dylan Lewis. And today
0:16.0	we're talking financials. Today we're talking consumer goods.
0:19.0	Wild-C-C-C-Gold's. Wednesday. And we're talking energy. And today we're talking tech. Let's dive in.
0:27.2	It's Wednesday January 29th and I'm your host Emily Flippin.
0:31.5	For this week's wild card Wednesday we're going back in time a little bit, back to December 11th, 2019, when we traveled out to Las Vegas for Cannabis Convention M.J. Bizcon.
0:43.8	While our team was out there covering the cannabis industry, we had the opportunity to
0:47.2	sit down and chat with one industry insider himself, Matt Anderson.
0:51.9	Now, before we dive into our interview I want to give listeners a
0:55.1	quick overview of the cannabis industry to the extent that I can. We hear a lot
1:00.3	about investing in pot stocks especially in the the news, and the volatility that comes
1:04.6	with it. But it's important to understand the industry dynamics. For the cannabis industry,
1:10.0	they're completely different than any other industry you may be investing in.
1:14.9	For those who aren't aware, marijuana both medical and recreational is legal in Canada, as well
1:20.5	as 11 states across the US.
1:23.0	Himp was legalized across the US in 2018,
1:25.6	and it's not the same thing as marijuana.
1:28.4	Himp is derived from the same cannabis plant
1:31.2	that marijuana is, but it doesn't contain any of the psychoactive
1:34.9	substances that's THC.
1:36.8	CBD is a chemical that can be derived from hemp and the sale of hemp derived
1:42.0	CBD topical is legal nationwide.
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