The End Of The War On Drugs And The Emergence Of The Venture-Backed Cannabis Industry

When news broke that Founders Fund, the proudly contrarian venture firm helmed by PayPal co-founder Peter Thiel, was going to invest a major $75 million in Privateer Holdings, a company focused on producing, distributing and educating consumers about legal marijuana, it opened the floodgates for other investors to barrel in.

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http://techcrunch.com/2015/05/04/the-end-of-the-war-on-drugs-and-the-emergence-of-the-venture-backed-cannabis-industry/

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