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Alkiviades “Alki” David is what my Yiddish-speaking grandmother would refer to as a macher, or a big deal. The scion of a Greek Coca-Cola bottling company, David is estimated to be worth about $2.8 billion; he also owns his own company, Hologram USA, which is perhaps best known for its …

Dr. Nick Spirtos isn’t sold on pot. He’s an oncologist at the Women’s Cancer Center of Nevada in Las Vegas, and he’s never used it, even though when he was growing up in Southern California in the Sixties and Seventies, everyone else was. He’s not convinced about the science of …

I’ve never been great at smoking weed. While some lucky smokers can come home, spark up a fatty and enjoy the benefits of ancient plant medicine, there’s always a chance I’ll end up lying awake all night, heart pounding, too out of it to even follow an episode of Bob’s …

Alaska’s got a lot going for it. Beautiful wilderness. Great people. Cool animals. And now, the country’s northern-most cannabis industry. Like a lot of goods and services in the Last Frontier, the options are not always abundant. Residents tend to have a resilient brand of gratitude for what’s here, and …

I was deep into my second or third joint of the afternoon, lounging on a green leather Moroccan pouf in the shade, when an elegant older blonde in a bright floral dress rushed up to declare that I was urgently needed on stage. It was Susan Soares, the beloved marijuana …