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“Cannabusiness … cannasseur … budtender” (Bennett, 2014). These are the buzzwords for the budding industry of legal recreational marijuana. These businesses are regulated and face hurdles — like getting legal bank accounts (Gittleson, 2014). But the industry is, well, growing like a weed — sometimes in unexpected ways: vending machines (Chappell, 2014), food trucks (Runyon, 2014b), chefs and foodies experimenting with recipes (Severson, 2014), B&Bs that serve “bud and breakfast” (Bennett, 2014), wedding planners who “toke” their client’s big day to a new “high” (Brady, 2014). Investors have taken notice (Miller, 2014; Sorkin, 2015). Hopeful entrepreneurs from across the nation are moving in on the action (Healy & Johnson, 2014).
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Alexander, A.J. (2016). Legalized Marijuana. In: Ethical Ripples of Creativity and Innovation. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137505545_15
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