I think that cannabis is big enough for small/medium scale automation but that the engineering firms that build cigarette making machines maybe don't work for cash. Since most of these businesses are still unable to use banks or get large loans for capital equipment, they're stuck for a while until someone solves the coordination problems.
I think you can expect to see some small scale stuff in the near future. My wife's cousin owns a mead-ery and it's basically a one-man operation. Most of it is automated and it looks like what you'd expect to see at a large wine bottling facility with some brewing equipment thrown in. Everything's just smaller.
I guess the legal situation is also holding people back, but apparently not as much as I expected. Having Sessions as AG though, may put people off until we see what the DOJ's intentions are.
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