marijuana industry

May 26, 2023
Even where legal, weed’s hard to remove from criminal records
Econ Extra Credit newsletter #151
Apr 20, 2020
Pot sales on the rise in some states with people home due to COVID-19
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Pot retailers are open for business in most states where recreational sales are legal.
Aug 14, 2019
Cannabis companies spend and grow, but profits elude
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Publicly traded cannabis companies have proven a risky investment play.
Jan 4, 2018
Feds change marijuana policy, which could affect businesses involved
U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions today rescinded an Obama-era policy that helped legal marijuana thrive in parts of the United States. Sessions, a longtime critic of marijuana legalization, says it causes spikes in violence and crime. He has likened marijuana to heroin. What Sessions repealed today is known as the “Cole memo.” It discouraged federal […]
Jul 27, 2017
Weed is a booming "adjacent" economy
The High Times Corp. — owner of the 43-year-old High Times magazine, sponsor of the annual Cannabis Cup — is going public. The company announced today it expects to list on the NASDAQ by October. Pot is a $6.7 billion annual business in North America, according to the cannabis research firm Arcview Group. And as […]