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Use of the plant marijuana remains illegal under U.S. federal law, but it has been legalized for medical or personal use in 23 U.S. states and Washington, D.C. This has attracted investors and created a boom for many businesses. Last year, almost $3 billion dollars worth of the drug marijuana was legally sold in the United States. Investors and businesses in the marijuana industry met in Los Angeles last week.
* marijuana = 마리화나, 대마초/ illegal = 불법적인/ legalize = 합법화하다/ boom = (사업, 경제의) 붐, 호황
Products used in the cannabis, or marijuana, industry were displayed at the LA Convention Center. The products included fertilizers and hothouse lights. Those lights help grow the plant indoors. Companies were also selling devices that extract oils from the cannabis plant. Robert Burns works for the company HempMeds. He said his company offers cannabis creams for skin, or drops of the oil that can be placed under the tongue. “Let it sit there for about 30 seconds and just let it dissolve in your body that way,” he said. Products like cannabis chocolate, marijuana-flavored wine, and cannabis sweets were also for sale at the trade show.
* cannabis = 대마초/ display = 전시[진열]하다/ fertilizer = 비료/ hothouse = 온실/ extract = 추출하다, 뽑다[얻다]/ dissolve = [고체가] 녹다, 용해되다
