Gary Vaynerchuk acquires 50% stake in cannabis-focused branding and marketing agency Green Street

Green Street, an L.A.-based marketing and branding agency focusing on the cannabis space, has sold a 50% stake in its burgeoning business to high-profile investor Gary Vaynerchuk, the company announced Tuesday. Founded by Rama Mayo and Joshua Shelton in late 2012, Green Street has helped celebrity clients including 2 Chainz, the Game, Snoop Dogg and […]

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Snoop Dogg Joins The Cannabis Lab-Testing Game

Snoop Dogg’s venture capital firm, Casa Verde, appears to be all in on the California “Green Rush,” as the group has begun funding a cannabis lab-testing company that expects to be a major player when recreational weed is fully legalized in the state this January. A Bold Venture Casa Verde invested $1 million dollars into Cannalysis, a […]

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Drugged: The Military’s Pill Problem

Drugged: The Military’s Pill Problem Most Americans probably assume that any soldier hit by a rocket-propelled grenade (RPG)—peppered with metal fragments, brain bruised by the shockwave from the explosion, and suffering multiple ruptured discs in the neck and spine—would be whisked from the battlefield to a hospital somewhere in Europe or the U.S., treated, and […]

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Poll Shows Veterans Overwhelmingly Support Marijuana Legalization

A new survey shows that veterans overwhelmingly support marijuana legalization. But will survey results from veterans be enough to convince the federal government to lift a controversial ban regarding it? Although the survey didn’t poll every veteran, the American Legion is confident that it represents the majority of veterans and their caretakers. The Survey Yesterday, […]

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