Medical Marijuana Gets Boost From Herbal Products Lobbying Alliance

Medical Marijuana Gets Boost From Herbal Products Lobbying Alliance

"Following two years of collaboration with the medical marijuana industry, the American Herbal Products Association said Thursday that it was providing recommendations to state officials looking to regulate medical pot.
The American Herbal Products Association, founded in 1982 to represent botanical medicine companies, had not previously announced its alliance with medical marijuana and the trade organization Americans for Safe Access, which represents pot dispensaries and other elements of the industry.
The alliance gives medical marijuana a broader presence in Washington and a less controversial trade group to help it work the corridors of power. The American Herbal Products Association has reduced its lobbying and campaign giving in recent years, but has spent nearly $2 million lobbying since 1998."