Pot industry plants seeds on Capitol Hill

National Cannabis Industry Association doubles lobbying spending
USA Today (US)
Friday, December 5, 2014

ncia-logoThe legal weed industry is trying to grow something else these days: political influence. The National Cannabis Industry Association has spent $60,000 lobbying Congress and federal regulators during the first nine months of this year — double its lobbying expenses for all of 2013. Its political action committee also shelled out campaign money to help politicians in tough midterm races, including Democratic Gov. John Hickenlooper of Colorado, where voters in 2012 approved the recreational use of marijuana.