Welcome back to The Week in Weed, your Friday look at what’s happening in the world of legalized marijuana.
- Fund-raising in Cannabis, Initially Slow, Is Going Higher and Higher
(Entrepreneur: Latest, 20 July 2016)
You would have been hard pressed, just a few years ago, to find investments outside of family-office groups. Then Washington and Colorado legalized.
- PA Establishes Physicians Working Group for MMJ Program
(Marijuana Business Daily: News, 20 July 2016)
In a move that may encourage Pennsylvania doctors to get certified to recommend medical marijuana, the state’s Department of Health has established a physician working group to help implement its new MMJ law.
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Half of Mass. voters oppose legalized marijuana question
(Boston Globe, 19 July 2016)
About half of registered Massachusetts voters oppose a ballot proposal to legalize marijuana for people 21 years of age and older, according to a new poll.
And finally, because we’d be “Crazy” not to include this link:
- Exclusive: Willie Nelson dishes on where you can buy his weed
(The Cannabist: The Cannabist, 21 July 2016)
Willie Nelson’s much-hyped marijuana brand Willie’s Reserve will debut in Washington state pot shops this month and in Colorado marijuana stores in August, Nelson’s team told The Cannabist exclusively.