Local pharmacist talks marijuana investment

by Oliver Lazenby
Filed on 18. Sep, 2014

A 2012 study by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration found that 10.2 percent of Washington residents had used marijuana in the past month. Perhaps not since 1933, when prohibition ended in the United States, has a product with such a large existing market become legal to sell for the first time in years.
Despite a short supply of legally grown marijuana, local investors and entrepreneurs are turning a profit with retail marijuana and other cannabis-related businesses in Washington State.
Ward Nelson, Bellingham pharmacist, former Whatcom County Council member, and investor at Top Shelf Cannabis, said despite the risks he couldn’t pass up the chance to invest in a local retail store.

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