Ex-Speaker John Boehner Joins Marijuana Firm’s Advisory Board
- Former Massachusetts Governor William Weld also added
- Watershed moment for cannabis as drug goes mainstream
Boehner's Reversal on Weed `Monumental' for Marijuana
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The U.S. marijuana industry has a new spokesman: John Boehner.
The Republican former Speaker of the House has joined the advisory board of Acreage Holdings, a company that cultivates, processes and dispenses cannabis in 11 U.S. states. Boehner’s endorsement, after saying nine years ago he was “unalterably opposed” to legalization, could be considered a watershed event: Marijuana has gone mainstream.