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Cannabis Retailer Helped Make Christmas Merry For Kids In Need

The Christmas spirit filled the historic Stonecrest building in Walled Lake on Saturday, where $30,000 in gifts were shared with local kids in need — courtesy of cannabis retailer, Greenhouse, and Stiizy, one of its top brands. Santa Claus was on-hand …

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Cannabis Retailer Helped Make Christmas Merry For Kids In Need

The Christmas spirit filled the historic Stonecrest building in Walled Lake on Saturday, where $30,000 in gifts were shared with local kids in need — courtesy of cannabis retailer, Greenhouse, and Stiizy, one of its top brands. Santa Claus was on-hand …

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Why We Must Defend LQBTQ Rights As We Decriminalize Cannabis

Movements are intertwined, as activists have fought together for years. On March 31, Kentucky became the 38th state to legalize medical cannabis. The same week, the state’s legislature overrode the governor’s veto to enact what the ACLU has called the …

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Resisting Modern Cannabis Propaganda: How People of Color Can Lead the Industry Forward

For anyone in the cannabis industry, the dated myths, stereotypes, and propaganda provide both a barrier and an opportunity to move the conversation forward. FOR ANYONE IN the cannabis industry, the dated myths, stereotypes and propaganda provide both …

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How to choose the right community for your cannabis business

Where can you open a dispensary? Good Tree Capital answers this and more in this article about the right place to open a cannabis business.
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How Al Harrington Is Helping Build a Black-Owned Weed Industry

“We’re pioneering something,” says the former NBA star and founder of Viola cannabis, who says he wants to create 100 Black millionaires by funding new businesses. At the end of 2011, Al Harrington’s 79-year-old grandmother Viola came to visit. When th…

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‘Giving Back Is Not Even A Question;’ Cannabis Shop New Dia Plans To Open In Worcester With $5,000 Community Donation

Ross Bradshaw has plenty of memories from the plaza at 118 Cambridge St. in Worcester. In the mornings, Bradshaw’s father used to take him and his sister to a since-closed cafe there. Now, that plaza is home to New Dia, a cannabis shop Bradshaw is open…

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Taxes From Cannabis Sales To Help Groups Serving Communities Affected By War On Drugs

Consumers who buy cannabis products in Illinois may help reduce the number of carjackings, shootings and other forms of violence that occur in parts of Chicago, the south suburbs and other areas of the state. That’s the theory behind a groundbreaking p…