In 1994, the disgraced former aide to Richard Nixon and a key figure in the Watergate scandal John Ehrlichman made a startling admission about the War on Drugs to writer and reporter Dan Baum —startling not so much for its content, which many had long suspected, but for the nonchalant attitude in which Ehrlichman delivered it.
“Also, a funny story that takes a half-hour to tell so I won’t tell it other than to say I attracted a cease and desist letter from the US Secret Service for stamping “I Grew Hemp” on all of the dollar bills coming out of George Washington’s mouth,” recalled Joy Beckerman about her early days as an advocate for hemp.
Before the recent uptick, the marijuana stock market ran quite cold over the first half of 2018, the result of a mixed bag of circumstance. Investors blamed everything from a market correction to US Attorney General Jeff Sessions’ rescinding of the Cole Memo…
Basketball players are trained to watch the clock. The 24-second shot clock. Three seconds to guard an opponent. Eight seconds to move the ball towards the opposition.
Although local retailers and neighborhood corner stores enjoy the outspoken support of contemporary consumers, too often that goodwill doesn’t translate into a sustainable business model.
