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      Bloomberg reports that after Colorado began legal sales of recreational marijuana last year, regional drivers shuttling the cargo (which retails for as much as $220 an ounce) are reaping great profits. Both UPS and FedEx have so far passed on handling the controversial cargo amidst concerns over the lack of nationwide clearance.
     “You don’t really see these kinds of new industries popping up that often,” said Povilas Grincevicius, a spokesman for Denver-based Absolute Security & Personal Protection.
     “This is one of those once-in-a-lifetime opportunities.”
     “Couriers do more than carry pot for the state’s network of more than 800 growers, manufacturers, dispensers, and laboratories,” Bloomberg said.
      The industry remains mostly cash only as federally chartered banks have been hesitant to extend loans for trade that U.S. authorities may see as against the law.”

     Waxing gibbous moon-plane . . .  
     American Airlines Flight #AA135 from London crosses the Waxing Gibbous moon as it approaches Los Angeles International Airport above Whittier, California, last Monday.
     “Air cargo is no longer about handing out rates and schedule flyers,” says Linda Dreiffen, AA MD Cargo Sales Eastern Division.
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