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Women try to advance stake in marijuana industry

August 3, 2015August 4, 2015 News21 Fellow

Women Grow, a for-profit group dedicated to advancing females in the field, approaches its one-year anniversary on Aug. 6.

Business Medical

Nevada’s first medical marijuana dispensary opens

July 31, 2015July 31, 2015 News21 Fellow

Nevada’s first dispensary was packed right from the moment it opened at 10 a.m. Friday. The line went out the door.

Business Culture

Big Tobacco may be dreaming of Big Marijuana

July 28, 2015 News21 Fellow

An analysis of previously secret documents from major U.S. tobacco companies show Big Tobacco, despite denials, has since the 1970s considered cannabis as both sales rival and possible product.

Business Medical

Las Vegas doctors promise ‘one-stop’ shops for medical marijuana

July 22, 2015July 22, 2015 News21 Fellow

Local medical practices in Las Vegas have aimed their marketing efforts at people who hope to get medical marijuana cards, which allow them to grow and possess weed in Nevada.

Business Medical

Nevada businesses question role of medical marijuana on job

July 9, 2015July 10, 2015 News21 Fellow

Nevada law requires employers to make “reasonable accommodations” for card-carrying employees – as long as those accommodations don’t interfere with performance and job responsibility or present an “undue hardship” to the employer.