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Legalizing recreational pot may have spurred economic activity in first 4 states to do so

  • Written by Roberto Pedace, Professor of Economics, Scripps College
Legalizing recreational pot may have spurred economic activity in first 4 states to do soWashington state was home to some of the nation's first dispensaries for legalized marijuana. AP Photo/Ted S. Warren

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Banking activity in the first four U.S. states to make recreational marijuana legal grew significantly more than in other parts of the country despite fed...

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