With Celebrity Backing, West Hollywood Aims To Become Global Cannabis Destination

The California city is pushing to have one of the highest numbers of marijuana businesses per capita in the world. During the days of Prohibition, West Hollywood hosted speakeasy bars and gambling joints. During the rock revolution of the 1960s, the nightclubs on the Sunset Strip welcomed groundbreaking bands such as the Doors and Led Zeppelin. And when the AIDS epidemic hit in the 1980s, the city opened some of the nation’s first medical marijuana…