Texas cannabis capitalists are ready to seed the soil

AUSTIN - Texans with epilepsy may not be buying legal cannabis oil here until 2017, but home-grown entrepreneurs are already lining up for a cut of the mainstream marijuana business.

If there’s any doubt about their belief in marijuana as a medical remedy, five words underscore their seriousness: Texas Cannabis Chamber of Commerce.

 

The group is one of several - others include the Texas Cannabis Industry Association, Christians for Liberty and the Med Can Foundation - with meetings this weekend in Austin to address the state's budding, legal marijuana trade.

A recent seminar by the Texas Cannabis Chamber of Commerce in Arlington drew 112 people, said Jonathan Villagomez, one of its founders.

“The opportunities are endless in this industry," he said. "There are so many ways to profit.”

Heather Fazio, of the Marijuana Policy Project, cautions that the limited scope of Texas’ compassionate care law...

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