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10 Questions With Chris Beals, Penn Grad Building the ‘Google of Marijuana’

It’s 4/20…the unofficial holiday celebrating the biggest illegal (yet legal) drug known to man: marijuana.

This year’s high holiday is even more timely since Pennsylvania became the 24th state to legalize the plant for medical use just this week. The Keystone State now joins New Jersey and Delaware who have been in the process of getting their own medical exchanges up and running.

There are an estimated 1.4 million medical marijuana users in the United States, according to the Marijuana Policy Project. And lots of them need help navigating the patchwork of cannabis types and offerings near them.

That’s where WeedMaps comes in. The online service is billed as the oldest and largest technology company focused on marijuana. It’s like Yelp for weed — offering menus for weed dispensaries, video tours and user reviews of products. [As appeared on NBC News]

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