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The Green Economy

The legalization of marijuana for medical and recreational use has reached a tipping point. If federal prohibition ends in the US, as many predict, the ramifications will span the globe as countries legalize to fight crime and develop new sources of wealth. Will the Green Economy be like a mega-corporate beer market, a farmer’s market, or something entirely new?

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THE FORECAST IS CLOUDY
The US government keeps spectacularly underestimating solar energy installation
Quartz • October 19, 2017
A GREENER CONTINENT
This country is tapping into the lucrative marijuana industry that could make Africa rich
Quartz Africa • September 18, 2017
GARDENING TIPS
Organic cannabis growers solve the problem of poisonous pot with compost
Quartz • August 10, 2017
THE OLDER STONER
Marijuana makes aging mice cognitively young again and may work for people too
Quartz • May 11, 2017
CODE GREEN
Marijuana businesses pay super high taxes to the US government
Quartz • April 20, 2017
SMOKIN'
Where in the world can you get (legally) high on 4/20?
Quartz • April 19, 2017
4/20
John Oliver mocked the many contradictions of US marijuana policy
Quartz • April 3, 2017