Wall Street Invests in the Future of Cannabis

Cannabis is still illegal on a federal level, so the USDA doesn’t regulate it and there are no laws defining the limitations of the word “organic”.

Since I started writing about cannabis four years ago, I’ve seen a lot of grow operations. And I’ve gotten a variety of answers when I ask the question, “Is this organic?”, but there’s one that I never get: “No.”

Some growers have told me, “Pretty much. Unless we have an issue that you can’t solve using organic pesticides.” Some say, “As much as we possibly can.”

I even had one grower (who had the saddest plants I’ve ever seen) swear that his cannabis was organic. When we entered his shed, there were empty bottles of a notoriously banned product called Gravity stuffed under some shelves along with some other dubious chemical fertilizers. This particular grower went on to talk about how great the value...

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