Ron DeSantis Will Accept ‘Will Of The People’ If We Choose Cannabis Legalization In Florida’s Nov. Ballot, Says Trulieve CEO Kim Rivers
As the cannabis industry undergoes major changes provoked by President Biden’s recent announcement regarding the rescheduling of marijuana, followed shortly thereafter by Attorney General Merrick Garland‘s formal initiation of the process, one person in the cannabis industry “is leading these changes” – according to The Dales Report (TDR)’s Shadd Dales. This person is Kim Rivers, CEO of Trulieve (OTCQX:TCNNF).
And based on recent activity as well as long-term stamina, the Benzinga team agrees. When Trulieve opened its first store in Tallahassee in 2016, the company medically transported the very first patient from three hours away to make its first sale, Rivers told Benzinga’s Dustin Blitchok in 2020. On day two, “we realized we didn’t have anybody to sell to,” she added. A lot has changed since, as demand ramped up in the state. Yet, there’s a lot more that could be done with adult-use legalization.
In Friday’s TDR podcast, Rivers discussed recent …