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Tennessee drops medical marijuana stock, but invests millions in alcohol and tobacco
by
Kent Hoover
Tennessee officials were surprised to learn that its state retirement system owned over 7,000 shares of stock in a real estate investment trust that provides capital for the medical marijuana industry. While the state sold those shares, citing “policy implications,” recent Securities and Exchange Commission filings show that Tennessee remains invested in other substances that, while legal, have major health policy implications.
Ceci n’est pas une FBI Director
by
Beryl Lipton
J. Edgar Hoover received a slew of accolades over his long career, but not all elicited the FBI Director’s enthusiastic response.