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Israel’s OurCrowd Revolutionizes Investing, Startup Funding

JERUSALEM, Israel — The future of tech investing is housed–barely–in a stone spice warehouse on the Hebron Road in Jerusalem. There are, I am told, bullet holes in the walls, from the days when the building faced the boundary with Jordan. On the day I visit, it sounds like a war zone–a battle of drills and hammers, fire alarms and telephones, as the company expands into neighboring space. Only two years old, OurCrowd is revolutionizing startup funding–and growing rapidly.

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Vimeo Weed Series ‘High Maintenance’ Lands at HBO

HBO announced Monday the web-only comedy series High Maintenance, which follows a New York marijuana dealer and his crazy diverse group of clients, is coming to television from video sharing site Vimeo for six new episodes, according to Deadline. The

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Mexican Marijuana Production Slumps in Face of US Legalization

Mexican drug cartels may be raking in billions of dollars in profits every year, but new figures from both the United States and Mexican sources indicate marijuana from south of the border may be accounting for a much smaller share than before. Some drug war observers believe that legalization measures in certain U.S. states are causing not only a decline in marijuana smuggling, but a decline in Mexico’s homicide rate as well.

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Rand Paul: Jeb Bush is a Hypocrite on Pot

Sen. Rand Paul took the occasion of former Florida Gov. Jeb’s Bush’s admission that he smoked pot as a teenager as an opportunity to jab his probable 2016 opponent as a hypocrite on the issue of medical marijuana, something Bush opposes.

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Colorado Gov: Legalizing Pot ‘Was a Bad Idea’

Democratic Colorado Governor John Hickenlooper says his state’s decision to legalize pot “was a bad idea” that other state’s should avoid for several years until more is known. “If I could’ve waved a wand the day after the election, I

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