Cannabiz

Jun 1, 2016
They said it couldn't be done: Ending the American war on marijuana. This week, Actuality tells the ugly truth about cannabis prohibition and peeks at the green shoots of the nascent legal weed industry — but can the architects of a new market avoid the mistakes of the past?
A vendor weighs buds for card-carrying medical marijuana patients attending Los Angeles' first-ever cannabis farmer's market at the West Coast Collective medical marijuana dispensary, on Independence Day 2014.
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Why aren't more women in the pot business?

Apr 20, 2016
Female consumers may be key to helping pot shed its hippie roots to become big business but traditionally, they aren't associated with the cannabis industry.
A woman shops at Oregon's Finest, a marijuana dispensary in Portland, Oregon.
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Where is the best place to start a marijuana business if you're a woman?

Apr 20, 2016
Pot is a booming business, but some states are more ganja entrepreneur-friendly than others.
Different strains of marijuana for sale are displayed at a dispensary in Eugene, Oregon on March 22. While possession, sale and consumption of marijuana remains illegal at the federal level, it is permitted for recreational use in four US states: Alaska, Colorado, Oregon and Washington, plus Washington, D.C.
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Everest Industrial Complex

Oct 2, 2015
Quartz and Marketplace look back at the Mount Everest avalanche in April.

Snoop Dogg starting marijuana-based social network

Sep 21, 2015
Only 420 people will be allowed in at first.

Using sewage to measure habits in the legal pot market

Jul 13, 2015
Think of it like an anonymous, communitywide drug test.

For public good, not for profit.

Small town hopes to rescue itself by selling pot

Mar 20, 2015
North Bonneville, Wash., is the first U.S. town to open its own marijuana shop.

Legal pot sales could top $10 billion by 2018

Jan 7, 2015
Despite federal obstacles, state-legal marijuana businesses take off in a big way.

Branding marijuana for a changing market

Dec 26, 2014
Cannabrand helps its clients market cannabis and sell products in states where marijuana is legal