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First, Weedmaps Took Over California's Medical-Marijuana Industry. Now, It's Going Global

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Submitted by Marijuana News on Fri, 05/13/2016 - 08:24

The headquarters of Weedmaps, the most influential company in California's medical-marijuana industry, is hidden inside a gray, two-story office building at the intersection of Irvine Center Drive and Discovery in Irvine. Inside the green-accented lobby, the first hint that you've just entered a 420-friendly business is a faint trace of marijuana odor. At just after 10 a.m. on a recent Wednesday, the phone at the front desk is ringing incessantly, the office is hopping with vendors dropping off samples, and UPS has arrived with three large boxes.

Francis takes me on the tour of the monstrous 44,000-square-foot building. We round the corner of his office and walk past several offices on the left. "Those are the offices of our seven in-house lawyers," Francis explains. We walk a couple of feet farther, and to the right, people are setting up a catered lunch: deep silver catering pans filled with steaming pasta...

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