Wine & spirits go to pot in Colorado. Symposium to look at market effects of legal weed.

A preview from “Share of Buzz From a Colorado Perspective” to be presented at the 24th annual Wine Industry Financial Symposium
by Jim Smith, Director, Government and Community Affairs, Republic National Distributing Company

Smith: “After 12 years of Medical Cannabis in Colorado we are just now starting to understand the impact on beverage alcohol . With the new legalized Recreational  Cannabis that started in 2014 we understand the more complex factors associated with consumer changes and the demographics that drove these changes. Legalized Cannabis is here to stay and we need to better understand how it has and will continue to affect our industry and what we can and need to do to compete in this new environment.”