Jose Belen

By José Belén Cannabis, veterans, PTSD and corporate America: Quite the mix, eh? When I left the United States Army as a combat veteran (a.k.a. a grunt), working in corporate America seemed to be nothing but a fantasy. Society deemed me “unqualified” because, at age 23,...

Last week, Forbes published an article on Redman, a rapper best known for being part of the early crew of Def Jam records — and for his collaborations with massive names in hip hop including Method Man, 2Pac, and Eminem. Redman and Method Man are working on their own cannabis brand....

The state of Georgia was shaken in April by news of two veterans dying by suicide in a two-day period. With both deaths occurring near hospitals servicing the Department of Veterans Affairs, the VA was very much in the spotlight, as the media and citizens tried to make sense of the far-...

The biggest news in cannabis this week probably came out of Acreage Holdings. The company that counts U.S. House speaker John Boehner and former governor Bill Weld among its directors announced it had raised $119 million in private capital and has plans to go public in Canada. It's believed...

Despite a strong performance Friday, U.S. cannabis stocks had a bad week, with the United States Marijuana Index, which tracks 15 of the largest marijuana stocks in the U.S., losing roughly 4 percent of its value. The North American Marijuana Index, which also includes Canadian stocks, shed...