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Nasdaq Cannabis Stocks Rally After Recreational and Medical Use Passes
Cannabis stocks listed on the Nasdaq continued to rally after voters ended prohibition and approved the recreational use of marijuana in California, Massachusetts, Maine and Nevada.
Cannabis stocks listed on the Nasdaq continued to rally on Wednesday after voters ended prohibition and approved the recreational use of marijuana in California, Massachusetts, Maine and Nevada while Arkansas, Florida and North Dakota adopted medical marijuana laws.
Arizona rejected its measure for recreational use while Montana voters approved a measure to improve access to medical marijuana providers.
"Whether they live in blue or red states, voters have spoken in an overwhelming majority that they want media and recreational marijuana," said Jason Spatafora, co-founder of Marijuanastocks.com and a Miami-based trader and investor known as @WolfofWeedST on Twitter. "One election night we witnessed not just a political shift, but a paradigm shift for cannabis where prohibition has become untenable."
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Interest in cannabis-related stocks continues to increase from micro cap to Nasdaq-listed equities and will only continue its upward trend as investors should be poised for several decades of additional expansion as more states legalize either recreational or medical use and could emerge as acquisition targets.
"The legal cannabis movement scored its most significant victory yet," said Michael Berger, a former Raymond James energy analyst and founder of Technical420, a Miami-based company that conducts research on cannabis stocks. "Although the results of the election will be a turning point for the legal cannabis industry, we are only in the first inning of what will be a multi-decade growth cycle. As legalization measures continue to go into effect, market sentiment will improve for cannabis stocks and this should serve as a catalyst for many companies