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(Disclosure: Rose Law Group represents PGA TOUR.)
By Brandon Brown | Phoenix Business Journal
Among many things, the WM Phoenix Open is known for the large amounts of alcohol consumed at the event. A number of cannabis businesses would like to see it also associated with another type of indulgence, and are making their presence known to golf tournament attendees.
While not an official sponsor of the WMPO, one of the world’s largest cannabis companies, Curaleaf, is getting “dangerously close” to being connected to the tournament without touching it directly, Luke Flood, a Curaleaf senior vice president and regional leader, told the Business Journal.
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“Cannabis is objectively safer than alcohol and we can only hope that one day adults will have the opportunity to choose the safer option at the WM Open so that we can reduce the images of over consumption of alcohol that are more and more prevalent every year.”
-Ryan Hurley, Director of Cannabis Law at Rose Law Group