Welcome back to The Week in Weed, your weekly look at all things legalized marijuana.

 

The cannabis industry is becoming increasingly attractive to investors, who are pumping more money than ever into marijuana companies.  One indication of the increased activity: In 2015, cannabis companies secured more than $215 million in venture capital, according to data from the investment research firm CB Insights.

 

In a sign of marijuana’s growing normalization in Canada, two major life insurance companies have decided to treat cannabis users as non-smokers, reversing a long-standing policy and offering many of them far cheaper premiums.

 

A bill authorizing physicians to prescribe marijuana derivatives to treat a host of health conditions was signed into law this afternoon by Ohio Gov. John Kasich.

 

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