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A Letter to Campaign Managers: Twenty Things You Need to Know About Cannabis for the 2014 Election Dr. Beth Fisher, Senior Medical Cannabis

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What do you know about Cannabis and the November elections? Whether you are a candidate, a campaign manager, or an informed Cannabis patient, this is the article for you.

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A Letter to Campaign Managers:

Twenty Things You Need to Know About Cannabis for the 2014 Election

Dr. Beth Fisher, Senior Medical Cannabis

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The Cannabis Vote: Traditional voting trends will not apply

in 2014.

Individuals will be voting with their health.

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Angry MMJ Patients are Beautiful Voters

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Wealth, Age, Race, Address will not predict election results in 2014.

MMJ Patients will vote for the “Cannabis Candidate.”

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Determining Factors

• Demographic

• Economic

• Financial

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Demographic Factors

• RMJ/MMJ States: Colorado & Washington State

• MMJ Grandmother: California

• MMJ Supportive: Maine

• Punitive MMJ States: New Jersey, Michigan

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Economic Factors• Skilled Trades

• Cannabis Workers

• Cannabis Businesses

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Financial Factors

• Decrease in Health Costs

• Reduction of Law Enforcement Expenditures

• Relocation of Veterans, College Students to RMJ/MMJ States

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Future Cannabis Trends

• Punitive MMJ States will see the greatest political turnover.

• Continued growth in pro-Cannabis MMJ/RMJ states

• Pro-Cannabis Senior patients will change perspectives of aging (Get up and go vs. staying on the couch.)