DENVER (AP) - The entrepreneurs of the young U.S. marijuana industry are taking another step into the mainstream, becoming political donors who use some of their profits to support cannabis-friendly candidates and ballot questions that could bring legal pot to more states.
Marijuana Industry Makes Political Donations
KRISTEN WYATT, Associated Press, El Paso Times
Mon, 09/29/2014 - 9:49am
Topics: Texas El Paso County El Paso
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