RE:Aphria still being held back because US InvestmentsWhen senior, conservative Senators such as Orin Hatch come out in favor of its use (medicinally only), it sheds a spot light on the path that the U.S is on.
https://www.leafly.com/news/politics/senate-stunner-orrin-hatch-passionately-defends-medical-marijuana
January 1, 2018, California becomes recreationally legal. There is no way the Feds interfere with or try and put up road blocks in the world's 6th largest economy.