Meet the Lesbian Millionaire Godmothers of Pot

Karen Paull (left) and Wendy Robbins say legal marijuana, like marriage equality, is coming to all 50 states. In the meantime, the women are making cannabis entrepreneurs rich and giving a platform to the drug's reported benefits with The Marijuana Show.

The title of Karen Paull and Wendy Robbins's reality competition, The Marijuana Show, conjures up Snoop Dogg and Cheech & Chong, not well-groomed lesbians handing out tens of millions in start-up capital.

The married couple are well aware their show's name will get people talking (the show's logo features George Washington smoking a joint). Before the women came up with the idea for theirShark Tank-like cannabis show — where budding cannabis entrepreneurs pitch Paull and Robbins before presenting business plans to big-money investors — they were high-powered Los Angeles executives who knew the fine art of marketing. But when Colorado legalized recreational use of marijuana in 2012, they saw...

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