Nevada family dumps trash biz for marijuana biz

Several years ago, the Duque family traded in its trash business for a slightly better smelling replacement, but only slightly. 

The Reno family, best known for running the former Castaway Trash Hauling company in Sparks for a decade, last year started growing marijuana in a 33,800 square-foot cultivation facility that emits the distinct skunky smell of weed.

Now their company, Greenleaf Wellness, licensed for production last year, is opening a 3,000 square-feet medical marijuana dispensary just two blocks away from the grow center and laboratory.

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