LAS VEGAS -- Cannabis is big business. How big? This is the seventh year of MJBizCon, a conference and trade show about all things cannabis, and the Las Vegas Convention Center was packed Nov. 14-16 with 26,000 attendees from every state and more than a dozen countries. More than 1,000 exhibitors showed everything from mold inhibitors for growers to flavor and color additives for products produced by others.
There was shiny equipment for extracting and infusing, grow pods, all types of grow lights, misters and air circulators, and packaging companies to neatly wrap and market the end products.
This is mainstream—and clearly lucrative.
Here are five things we learned from the show …