Legal Marijuana Could Be The First Billion-Dollar Industry Led By Women

More women are cultivating cannabis careers than ever before. As a matter of fact the emerging commercial cannabis industry isn’t just hurriedly accumulating women as it blossoms—it could actually be led by women. Newsweek recently ran a cover story about the trend. Women are moving into the pot business so quickly that they could make it the first billion-dollar industry that isn’t dominated by men, the mag predicts.

It is a female plant after all, laughs Leah Maurer an accomplished pot activist. Maurer co-founded one of the fastest-growing marijuana business groups in the nation—the Portland, Oregon chapter of Women Grow. She and co-founder Sara Batterby are dedicated to the idea that women should play a leading role in the marijuana industry. The group they started now has 30 chapters nationwide and counting. Maurer’s husband Travis Maurer is also an activist—helping spearhead Oregon’s successful marijuana...

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