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9 months ago

October 18, 2023

Global Cannabis Times Staff GLOBAL CANNABIS TIMES September-October 2023

As we speak to legalization and the legal piece of it, [President Biden] has always supported the legalization of marijuana for medical purposes — White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre
I believe [President Biden] has displayed a regressiveness for cannabis policy. And if there’s a regressiveness toward cannabis policy, it’s likely to be worse on anything else — Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY)
Finna get stoned AF and throw this first pitch at the Pirates game — Rapper Wiz Khalifa before attending a game played by his hometown Pittsburgh Pirates baseball team
I think when kids get on that, I think it causes a lot of problems and then, of course, you know, they can throw fentanyl in any of this stuff now. — Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, addressing legalization
It wasn’t so much smoking pot for pot’s sake as it was being part of the crowd. It’s amazing how it’s changed. You know, when I grew up, it was just kind of a rebellion thing.—Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates on his weed-smoking days
Weed is just like that fucked-up cousin nobody talks about. But they invite him to every fucking family function ’cause he’s fun as fuck. — Rapper, actor and activist Method Man, o ering his current theory
We’re focusing on retail in our third fund. We think access to the product is what will be important going forward, rather than supply, which is overbuilt. — Poseidon Investment Management co-founder Morgan Paxhia, speaking on the “High Returns: Investment Strategies from Cannabis Capital Titans” panel at the Benzinga Cannabis Capital Conference in Chicago

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