14 DAY TRIAL // You probably remember Jamen Shively, not necessarily for the six years he spent as a Microsoft manager, but for his idea of establishing a major legal marijuana business in the United States.
Well, it appears that Shively is really keen on making his dream come true, as he’s planning to host a press conference with former Mexican President Vicente Fox to discuss about what could be a legal marijuana trade between the United States and Mexico.
In an interview with The Seattle Times Shively explained that the US government should support this new industry sector and a potential agreement between the two states would be a major step in doing so.
“Let’s go big or go home. We’re going to mint more millionaires than Microsoft with this business,” he was quoted as saying by the Times.
“I’ve just fallen in love with the plant. Especially in the medical realm I’ve gone from entrepreneur to advocate to activist, seriously. What we’re all about is making it extremely professional and having the highest quality and efficiencies,” he added, explaining that the key to success in this business is quality.
The State of Colorado has recently approved a proposal to allow the use of recreational marijuana, while more states are giving their go-ahead for medical marijuana. And even so, American officials expect Shively’s proposal to be rejected.
Alison Holcomb, primary author of the state’s legal-marijuana law, told the source that US officials were worried that this kind of business could grow so much that it would eventually become difficult to control, so Shively’s plan might not be approved after all.
“Having a national chain of marijuana-based companies is not only explicitly counter to the existing prohibition, but also counter to the government’s expressed concern about business growing too large,” said in a statement.