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Not-So-Plain Mary Jane is one of the pizzas launched this week by Col'Cacchio, an event that normally wouldn't merit a mention. But it's another slice of a burgeoning portfolio of products popping up with cannabis in them. Silas Howarth, a director of The Cannabis Expo, says there are many potential cannabis entrepreneurs. "We've found, from a business perspective, a big percentage of our visitors are not there just to buy products, but to find out how to get into the cannabis industry."Howarth ran his first cannabis expo last year in Menlyn, Pretoria - it attracted about 15,000 visitors and about 52 exhibitor stands, which were snapped up within about six weeks. "It was one of the fastest-selling debut expos in SA," says Howarth. In April, a second expo was held in Cape Town, and by that stage interest had doubled. There were 110 exhibitor stands and more than 18,000 visitors. Two months later, another expo was staged in Durban. Now Howarth and his team are preparing for t...
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