Kush Con highlights Florida’s growing cannabis industry

TAMPA, Fla. — Final weekend in Tampa it was Comedian Con —his weekend, it’s Kush Con.

Greater than 150 distributors with the rising hashish business arrange on the Tampa Conference Middle this weekend for Kush Con — a commerce present to assist the general public and people within the business to be taught extra about hashish in Florida.

Kylie Werk, the director of hashish for the Florida Division of Agriculture, additionally attended the conference and spoke about rules in Florida.

“I believe the significance of a convention like that is shopper training,” Werk stated. “It’s such a complicated business in case you don’t know an excessive amount of about it, as a result of there are a variety of rules. However there’s additionally a variety of rules on account of how new the business is.”

Florida Commissioner of Agriculture and gubernatorial candidate, Nikki Fried, additionally spoke on the conference.

Every little thing from edibles to oils have been on show, that are authorized hemp merchandise. Medical marijuana may be solely be bought at authorized dispensaries in Florida.

Kush Con is hosted by Kush.com, a hashish market that just lately relocated from Seattle to Tampa.

The web site merged with TradeCraft Origin and named its founder John Lynch as the brand new CEO of Kush.com.

“Florida is an thrilling place for hashish proper now,” Lynch stated. “If it was a rustic, it might be the third largest hashish market on this planet.”

Despite the fact that leisure marijuana use isn’t authorized in Florida, Lynch stated it’s turning into among the best locations to be for the hashish business.

“There’s a excessive variety of seniors on prescription medicine on the lookout for pure alternate options,” he stated. “That’s a giant a part of the viewers.”

Kush Con will proceed on the Tampa Conference Middle via Sunday.