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Medical Marijuana, Inc. (OTC: (MJNA )), was founded in March 2009 for the purpose of providing business solutions and partnerships to the medical marijuana and related consumer products industry. The company was founded by Bruce Perlowin, who also served as Chief Executive Officer until 2011.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Executive Profile Bruce M. Perlowin )〕 Medical Marijuana, Inc. was the first public company to enter the legalized, medical marijuana business. Medical Marijuana, Inc. serves as an investment partner and parent company in several related ventures and subsidiaries, including KannaLife, Real Scientific Hemp Oil (via subsidiary HempMeds), Cibaderm, Cibdex, Dixie Botanicals, and through their Red Dice Holdings partnership, Dixie Elixirs.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Portfolio )〕 The company was named by Money magazine as one of the largest in the medical marijuana and hemp field. It was also featured, along with Perlowin, on a 2009 CNBC special program entitled ''Marijuana Inc''. ==History== Shortly after going public, Medical Marijuana, Inc. hired agents to market their solutions to Collective/Co-ops in California. In the state of California, medical marijuana dispensaries are legally known as Collective/Co-ops. The company began working with California Collective/Co-ops to develop a Stored Value system. This system makes use of closed-loop debit cards, called Stored Value Cards. The customer tenders cash to the dispensary clerk who loads the card for the customer using their point of sale, which will also recognize the dispensary location, as well as tax rates for the appropriate government agencies. In the fall of 2014, Medical Marijuana Inc. filed a lawsuit against Stewart Environmental, after a investigative report was published by the research company. The lawsuit was relating to findings about some of the hemp products owned and managed by Medical Marijuana Inc.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.cannabisnewscenter.com/settlement-reported-hemp-oil-hustlers-project-cbd-lawsuit/ )〕 Medical Marijuana Inc. announced in January 2015 that they would be acquiring Kannaway. The acquired Kannaway is a multi-level marketing operation, specialising in hemp and medical marijuana products. The acquisition of Kannaway was for an undisclosed amount, but it was stated that the company had an estimated value of $242 million at the time. At the time of MJNA's acquisition, it was said Kannaway had a distribution network of over 10,000 salespeople throughout the United States.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://general-hemp.com/medical-marijuana-inc-signs-definitive-agreement-to-acquire-kannaway-llc/ )〕 As a subsidiary of Medical Marijuana Inc., it was said that Kannaway salespeople could receive up to a 30% increase in revenue from direct sales.〔 As part of the deal, the company announced it would become the parent company of hemp oil manufacturers, Dixie Botanicals. As part of the acquisition, they moved their base from Colorado to San Diego, California.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.cannabisnewscenter.com/hemp-oil-company-dixie-botanicals-relocating-to-california/ )〕 Following publications suggesting that Medical Marijuana's subsidiaries and their products contained high levels of heavy metals, the company won the case against Stewart Environmental. The Colorado based lab admitted to accidentally releasing lab results, which were eventually published on social media. The findings claimed “significant levels of toxic solvents” in products, but the court found these results to be entirely inaccurate. Medical Marijuana were awarded $100 million in damages following the case. David Stewart of Stewart Environmental also issued a written statement and video, highlighting the lab's mistakes of releasing preliminary results.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Medical Marijuana, Inc.」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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