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Feb. 8, 2010 — Insurance companies, contractors, real estate agents — there are various businesses that have benefited from the rise of medical marijuana dispensaries in Colorado.

Pot-dispensary boom has affiliated businesses buzzing
By John Ingold
The Denver Post

Until a few months ago, J.B. Woods was your standard-issue insurance agent. Auto, home, life. Would you like flood coverage with that?

Then, in the middle of 2009, his phone rang: “I need insurance for my medical-marijuana dispensary,” the caller said. And since that moment, few of the policies Woods has set up for clients have been standard-issue.

Read the full story at Denverpost.com.