A Weekly Roundup of Stories We Found Interesting – From The Profound To The Profane

Weed is The New Craft Beer, Says Ex-Budweiser Chief
The Constellation Brands deal last week was groundbreaking. Now, Budweiser’s former chief marketing officer, Chris Burggraeve, joins the advisory board of GreenRush Group, a San Francisco-based startup that sees itself as “the Amazon of weed,”

Greece Wants to Get Economy Going on Weed Sales
Greece has been in dire economic crisis for the past 7 years and needed EU bailout to keep its government running.  The unemployment rate is well over 25 percent, and for people under 25, the rate is 50%. The Greek government is looking at legalizing cannabis as a way to create jobs and opportunity, expecting its share of the global market to be €200 billion in the next ten years.

New York Turns An Eye to Recreational Cannabis Legalization
NY State Senator Liz Krueger said on a recent panel, “The political winds blowing around marijuana have shifted and New York should be the next state to legalize marijuana.”

A Comparative Look at Weed and Alcohol
It’s actually not terribly scientific, but facts like “30,722 Americans died from alcohol-induced causes in 2014, and 0 documented deaths from marijuana use alone” speak volume.

Former Police Chief Enters The Cannabis Market
If you can’t beat them, join them. The former police chief of Toronto, Julian Fantino, who once compared legalizing weed to legalizing murder, is opening a medical marijuana business.

The First Recorded Death from Cannabis? Not So Fast.
Two Colorado doctors falsely argue that marijuana exposure could have contributed to the myocarditis ― an inflammation of the heart muscle ― that was determined to have caused the death of the 11-month-old boy.

Music Sounds Better When You Are High On Cannabis
Select the right cannabis strain, and your high will be intensely relaxing and/or alertly focused. You will also experience the various kind of music differently.