Illustration by Ji Lee; Photography by Kendrick Brinson

Is The Weed Business About To Look Like the Coffee Business?

The next gold rush in legalizing cannabis is public consumption. Entrepreneur J.J. Walker is already one step ahead.

David H. Freedman
Published in
14 min readOct 3, 2019

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SSprawled in a tieless suit and sockless oxfords on a chair just off the lobby of the world’s largest marijuana dispensary, J.J. Walker is swiping at his iPhone, trying…

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David H. Freedman
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David is a Boston-based science writer. The most recent of his five books is WRONG, about the problems with medical research and other expertise.