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Alex Halperin

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Editor and publisher WeedWeek. Subscriptions are free and confidential at weedweek.net.

I've written for Fortune, Fast Company, Pando, Rolling Stone, Business Insider, The American Prospect, The Atlantic, Al-Jazeera America, The Washington Post, The Christian Science Monitor, The Daily Beast, Guernica and elsewhere.

Worked full-time positions at Salon, BusinessWeek.com and Dow Jones.

Alex Halperin’s Journalist Portfolio

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Big Banks Want to Cash in on the Weed Industry's Potential

Big Banks Want to Cash in on the Weed Industry's Potential

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Inside The Bizarre Battle To Make Marijuana Legal In Ohio

Inside The Bizarre Battle To Make Marijuana Legal In Ohio

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The selling of Detroit

The selling of Detroit

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The Lion Dentist - The New Yorker

The Lion Dentist - The New Yorker

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How To Brand, Market, And Sell Marijuana Without Breaking The Law

How To Brand, Market, And Sell Marijuana Without Breaking The Law

Earlier this year, Dixie Elixirs & Edibles, perhaps Colorado's best-known cannabis brand, took its THC-infuse…

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The California-Colorado Cannabis War

The California-Colorado Cannabis War

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Articles

Michigan biz plans lawsuit as tax hike looms

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By Chris Silva, Alex Halperin 
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BREAKING: Weedmaps “knowingly and intentionally” accepts illegal Calif. ads: Lawsuit

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By Alex Halperin 
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China supports vast network of illegal U.S. pot farms: Law enforcement

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By Alex Halperin 
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Interview

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Have you ever used a typewriter?

Barely

Who's your favorite fictional journalist?

Hildy Johnson

What tools and software do you use to do your job?

Scrivener, Evernote, Pocket, Instapaper, Internet Browser, email, telephone, digital recorder, notebooks. Sookasa to encrypt.

Awards

Sidney Award

2010 - March

For American Prospect story "Drill Maybe Drill"

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