Socionomics Institute to Chronicle Public Mood and the Effects on Marijuana Policy

Just 10 years ago, who would have imagined that by 2016 some form of medical marijuana would be legal in the most states in America, recreational marijuana would be legal in a handful of others, and the legalization of marijuana would be a viable issue in the presidential campaign?

A sea change in public opinion toward marijuana has ushered in policy revisions across the regulatory landscape. At the California Cannabis Business Expo on March 4, 2016, Matt Lampert, director of the Socionomics Institute, will detail this sea change. He will chronicle a 100-year history of social attitudes toward marijuana and explore what the past can tell us about the prospects of business and policy changes for marijuana in 2016 and beyond.

Participants in Lampert’s discussion will also learn how to use stock market indexes as cheap, accessible harbingers of shifts in the public’s stance toward marijuana and why a big...

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