Posts by Shelby Pierce

22 Apr

Featured, International News, Marijuana News

High-powered expats from corporate America are flocking to cannabis startups

• April 22, 2017
• By Shelby Pierce

It's a gray, sleety night in Denver, but Jane West's hotel room balcony is thick with sweet, pungent bong smoke. Sushi and edamame are ...

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22 Apr

Featured, International News, Marijuana News

Illinois lawmakers ponder proposal to recreational legalize marijuana opponents

• April 22, 2017
• By Shelby Pierce

As the czar of Colorado's marijuana program, Barbara Brohl says she is neither pro- nor anti-pot. But she believes the legal market ...

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22 Apr

Featured, International News, Law and Politics, Marijuana News

The Origins of 4/20,Marijiana High Holiday

• April 22, 2017
• By Shelby Pierce

By GENE JOHNSON, Associated Press SEATTLE (AP) — Thursday marks marijuana culture's high holiday, 4/20, when college stude...

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22 Apr

Featured, International News, Marijuana News

Federal legalize Marijuana industry could be worth $50 billion annually by 2026

• April 22, 2017
• By Shelby Pierce

The cannabis industry has made strides in its effort to transform into a legitimate business sector with a growing number of participan...

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22 Apr

Featured, International News, Marijuana News

Migrant workers are making thousands trimming marijuana in California

• April 22, 2017
• By Shelby Pierce

They sit for hours at a time, hunched over tables with scissors in one hand and marijuana in the other. The work is tedious, but it pay...

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22 Apr

Featured, International News, Marijuana News, Medical Marijuana

What happens if you smoke,eat and vape marijuana every day?

• April 22, 2017
• By Shelby Pierce

Potheads everywhere use today, April 20th, 4/20, as an informal celebration of what it means to smoke, eat and vape marijuana. Again...

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20 Apr

Featured, International News, Marijuana News

Governor Walker Signs Bill Legalizing CBD Oil in Wisconsin

• April 20, 2017
• By Shelby Pierce

Raegen Arnold, 13, of Pleasant Prairie, was among the children who circled Gov. Scott Walker Monday to witness him sign legisla...

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20 Apr

Featured, International News, Marijuana News

How the Queen of Legal Weed Is Targeting the Chardonnay Crowd

• April 20, 2017
• By Shelby Pierce

Can a 58-year-old former insurance executive build the first national marijuana brand? With these gummies, she just might. Nancy Whi...

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20 Apr

Featured, International News, Marijuana News

Uber of X: GreenRush Is the Uber of Cannabis,a favorite relaxation method of choice for some

• April 20, 2017
• By Shelby Pierce

Cannabis, a favorite relaxation method of choice for some, has slowly become less stigmatized within the past few years. Aft...

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20 Apr

Featured, International News, Marijuana News

Why Patrick Kennedy Is Leading The Fight Against Marijuana Legalization

• April 20, 2017
• By Shelby Pierce

Former Congressman Patrick Kennedy, who has spent the last five years railing against marijuana legalization, made headlines ag...

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