“There continues to be overwhelming medical breakthroughs from the cannabis pharmaceutical world. Various forms of medicinal cannabis products are currently used to treat illnesses such as Multiple Sclerosis, HIV, Parkinson’s Disease, Glaucoma, and Cancer. GW Pharmaceuticals, a portfolio company within MJ, has the leading treatment for children’s epileptic seizures derived from the cannabis plan,” according to ETMG.
MJ launched just days before California opened stores for legal sales of recreational marijuana. Recreational marijuana use was legal in the largest state throughout 2017, but the opening of retail outlets dedicated to legal weed sales was prohibited until the start of 2018. Previously, MJX was structured as a Latin America real estate ETF.
“In the first 30 days of trading the ETFMG Alternative Harvest ETF enjoyed an average daily volume of approximately 2.1 million shares. Given the growing acceptance of marijuana, especially on the medicinal front, it stands to reason that this is just the beginning for the first and only US based ETF product to give investors direct access to the marijuana industry,” according to the issuer.
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