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Cannabis women execs share industry’s success tips - Cannabis News

SAN FRANCISCO — Female leaders of the cannabis industry in the Bay Area shared their secrets of success with up-and-coming women who want to stake a claim in the business during a gathering Thursday night hosted by Women Grow.

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Canada: Ontario passes Cannabis Act, will take effect July 1, 2018

We sat down with Women Grow CEO Heise to learn more about the organization and her plans for 2017.

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Marijuana Laws Affecting the Workplace: Tools Employers Can Use to Stay Ahead During High Times

The new and flourishing business of cannabis is drawing large numbers of women execs. Why does marijuana draw a higher percentage of women than many other industries?

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"Pot moms" share passions and anxieties about their profession – Cannabis News

Marijuana is now legal in some form in more than half of all states, and more women are legally getting into the pot industry -- many of them are moms.

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‘Kind of taboo’: Pot industry moms form support group in an era of legalization – Cannabis News

The parents say they are proud of their professions, but they don’t want their children to be inundated with marijuana talk — or, worse, to be judged at school by adults and children who disapprove of their parents’ work.

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Legal marijuana must bring true equity

MERRY JANE presents "Trailblazing Cannabis" highlighting women thriving in the legal marijuana industry.

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In a first, Mass. financial institution to offer banking for recreational marijuana - Cannabis News

So much about selling legal cannabis remains to be worked out—including the industry’s gender norms.

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California: AAA To Offer First ‘Tipsy Tow’ For 4/20 After Marijuana Legalization - Cannabis News

Female entrepreneurs are carving out a space for themselves in the burgeoning sector.

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Colorado hemp farmers say they know more than the feds and want to keep regulation in state hands - Cannabis News

The newest industry in the U.S. may also be the most female-friendly.

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Jamaican farmers just harvested their first legal cannabis crop

Genifer Murray of CannLabs being interviewed at the NCIA Cannabis Business Summit, June 2014. Image via NCIA
Gogo Lidz ~ Irish Examiner ~
 
It seems fitting that a plant called Mary Jane could smash the patriarchy.
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