It's high time for the cannabis industry to embrace sustainability

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Joel Makower asks how the fast expanding US cannabis industry could reduce its out-sized environmental footprint

Adapted from GreenBuzz, a free weekly newsletter. Subscribe here. For years, cannabis companies have largely gotten a free pass about their social and environmental impacts. Indeed, cannabis' progressive...

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