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  NY Lawmaker Steve Katz, Who Voted Against Medical Marijuana, Invests In Pot

  December 19, 2013 at 5:02 pm / Cannabis Events, Cannabis News, Cannabis Politics, Cannabis Reviews, Hemp, Marijuana Decriminalization, Marijuana Legalization, Medical Marijuana

  Republican New York Assemblyman Steve Katz, who voted against a medical marijuana bill in 2012, and was arrested for pot possession in March, will invest up to $10 million in the coming years in cannabis-related businesses, Smell the Truth has learned. Katz – a New York native and resident – joined the investor network of San Francisco-based marijuana investment and research firm The ArcView Group this December, said ArcView CEO Troy Dayton. “He’s gung-ho.” Katz intends to help pool millions of dollars of investment capital [...]

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  Anonymous Team Vendetta Takes Down Site of Anti-Weed Lawmaker

  May 8, 2013 at 5:55 pm / Cannabis Events, Cannabis News, Cannabis Politics, Marijuana Legalization, Medical Marijuana

    Anonymous Team Vendetta has taken down the website of hypocritical New York Assemblyman Steve Katz, who last year voted against medical marijuana for sick people who need it, but in March got busted for smoking weed after he got pulled over for speeding. Members of the hacktivist collective temporarily took down Katz’s site, katz4ny.com, on Wednesday morning. The site was still down as of 1:42 p.m. Pacific. Katz was hit with a pot possession charge when an officer smelled weed after stopping [...]

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