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Podcast: Grassroots Marketing
Episode: First Federal Bank - The Benzinga Cannabis Capital Conference
Description: Business from cannabis is growing fast in Florida; some of it regulated tightly, and some of it without rules. But all of it comes with cash that the banking industry is reluctant to touch. The first legal industrial hemp seeds in decades are growing now in South Florida soil. CBD is showing up in ice cream, gummy bears and cocktails, but the state says the products are illegal. And millions of dollars are being generated by the medical marijuana industry in Florida, but few banks want the money. Most banks are not interested in touching any cash that touches cannabis...