Marijuana Millionaires Ride Canada’s Legalization Wave
- Ranks of affluent early investors swell ahead of legal sales
- Value of nation’s cannabis market now exceeds $20 billion
How Pot Can Save Big Tobacco's Future
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Terry Booth didn’t expect his life would come full circle, thanks to marijuana.
He sold pot in high school, peddling quarter ounces for C$25 ($19) to help out his dad. He spent the next two decades working as an electrician and entrepreneur, and planned to semi-retire to the golf course after taking a step back from his construction permit firm. That idea went to pot, literally, when his business partner Steve Dobler said his brother-in-law was looking for investors on a marijuana play.