“When you look at 2016, you are seeing the potential for another watershed year for the industry,” said Taylor West, deputy director of the National Cannabis Industry Association in Denver, Colo.

She said the last “watershed year” was the presidential election year of 2012, when Colorado and Washington legalized recreational cannabis. It has since been legalized in Alaska, Oregon and Washington, D.C.

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