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Design and Architecture

Designing dispensaries, the southland's growing pains

Hosted by Frances Anderton and KCRW Staff Nov. 01, 2016
How does the booming marijuana industry shed its illicit image and attract new customers? By turning to high-end product design and sleek new dispensaries. And Santa Monica residents will vote next week on Measure LV. Will it slow growth or create new problems? The initiative is being closely watched as a bellwether for development in the Southland.

Photo: TruMed Dispensary in Phoenix, Arizona. (Megan Stone/The High Road Design Studio)

From this Episode:

Designing dispensaries

If Proposition 64 passes in California, legalizing recreational marijuana, where will you buy your pot? How about high-end dispensaries that are part of the "green rush"...

11 min

The southland's growing pains

Angelenos are in the midst of an epic battle over what kind of city they want to live in, suburban or urban. They are also battling over which of these two cities can keep...

17 min

Credits

Hosts:

Frances Anderton, KCRW Staff

Producers:

Frances Anderton, Avishay Artsy

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