Altria Group Inc., the U.S. maker of Marlboros, made a $1.8 billion investment in a Canadian pot company on Friday based on a simple premise: Cannabis is growing fast, and cigarettes are not.Altria has agreed to take a 45 percent stake in…
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Altria Group Inc., the U.S. maker of Marlboros, made a $1.8 billion investment in a Canadian pot company on Friday based on a simple premise: Cannabis is growing fast, and cigarettes are not.Altria has agreed to take a 45 percent stake in…