24 Sep Cannabis, Featured Coca-Cola eyes cannabis market; Weed museum opens in Vegas September 24, 2018 By Shelby Pierce Pot Topics is a weekly collection of cannabis-related news curated by the Chicago Sun-Times. Here’s this week’s top stories: Coca-...Continue reading
24 Sep Cannabis, Featured Mike Smyth: B.C.’s pot minister promises the best bud September 24, 2018 By Shelby Pierce B.C.'s online pot shop will offer 117 different strains and varieties of legal weed, cannabis minister reveals Back when marijuana was...Continue reading
24 Sep Cannabis, Featured Wall Street’s crypto guru shorted Tilray, but expects ‘a monster weed business’ in 5 or 6 years September 24, 2018 By Shelby Pierce Amid wild volatility in marijuana stocks this week, former Goldman Sachs macro trader Michael Novogratz shorted Tilray — but says he st...Continue reading
22 Sep Featured, Weed ‘Fear and greed’: How weed-stock fortunes were made and lost in 7 hours of wild trading September 22, 2018 By Shelby Pierce In perhaps the wildest day yet for the nascent Weed Inc., shares in Tilray took a ride reminiscent of the Bitcoin craze and even the he...Continue reading
22 Sep Cannabis, Featured ‘Cannabis is sexy’: Marketers are ditching traditional companies for the weed industry September 22, 2018 By Shelby Pierce Chris Melillo spent 6 years at Nike, working his way up to senior director of stores before joining medical marijuana startup Curaleaf ...Continue reading
22 Sep Cannabis, Featured Westwood bans sale of medical and recreational weed September 22, 2018 By Shelby Pierce WESTWOOD — Officials have banned sales of marijuana, both medicinal and recreational, in the borough, despite some members of the publi...Continue reading
22 Sep Featured, weed news Legal weed not a legal nightmare yet September 22, 2018 By Shelby Pierce Legal weed doesn’t seem to be a big problem yet. Local police were prepared to handle plenty of calls about people driving...Continue reading
22 Sep Featured, Weed Why Amsterdam is jealous of America’s growing weed industry September 22, 2018 By Shelby Pierce Smoking marijuana legally in a coffee shop in Amsterdam is a breeze. Producing and acquiring weed legally in the city is another story....Continue reading
22 Sep Featured, weed news This job pays $50an hour to smoke weed, but you have to be an obnoxious stoner September 22, 2018 By Shelby Pierce Who knew that being That Annoying Guy at parties could pay off? If you have a tendency to interrupt conversations with "Well, actual...Continue reading
22 Sep Featured, People 10 famous people in history who smoked weed September 22, 2018 By Shelby Pierce Weed has been a bone of contention for centuries – whether used for recreational or medicinal purposes. But, whether you approve or not...Continue reading