Politics

Seeing Green: Is John Boehner Good for Weed?

By Alex Halperin
Jul 15, 2019
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WASHINGTON, DC - OCTOBER 29: Outgoing U.S. Speaker of the House Rep. John Boehner (R-OH) waves after he gave his farewell speech in the House Chamber of the Capitol October 29, 2015 on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC. The House of Representatives is scheduled to vote for a new speaker to succeed Boehner today. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)
Last year, former Speaker of the House John Boehner joined the board of Acreage Holdings, one of the country’s largest multi-state cannabis companies (MSOs), and became the most prominent face of the legal marijuana industry in Washington D.C. Boehner "helped...

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