Tag: Money and Marijuana

Investment in the Cannabis Industry Grows

Why Are Charities Too Good for Marijuana Money?

Politicians in Colorado, California, Oregon and other states where the robust marijuana industry’s billions flow have been happy to capitalize on the bounty—the bounty of

Investment in the Cannabis Industry Grows

Why Are Charities Too Good for Marijuana Money?

Politicians in Colorado, California, Oregon and other states where the robust marijuana industry’s billions flow have been happy to capitalize on the bounty—the bounty of money, and the bounty of people with money, eager to convert their cash into political influence. As the Los Angeles Times reported, the cannabis industry has a clear favorite (and chief beneficiary of their generosity)

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Russian Bankers Migrating to Higher, Greener Pastures

Dust off your history books and have a look at how and why bankers from our former Cold War nemesis and current election-hacking paradise have decided to come in from the cold and join the warmth of the green rush. Two Moscow bankers were in the right place at the right time for many years, when the former USSR seismically

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Prices Shoot Up 200 Percent in Nevada as Weed Flies off the Shelves

When legal weed sales went into effect on July 1, the excitement was palpable. Now, weed shortages and spiked up prices are also becoming palpable, verging on untenable. Between distribution issues and much larger than expected sales, dispensaries and producers alike are freaking out; there’s not enough weed to go around, aggravated by the fact that there are only two

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Rural California Sheriff, Auditor Spar on Pot Money Spending

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A California county auditor is accusing a sheriff of improperly spending some of the $1 million his department received in fees from legal pot growers to go after illegal operators. It’s the latest skirmish over pot in a rural county confronting a massive influx of marijuana growers in the run up to Jan. 1 when recreational

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