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Press Play with Madeleine Brand

Is the smell of weed repelling tourists from Santa Barbara?

Santa Barbara County leads the state in marijuana growing, and the smell of skunk from all those greenhouses is overwhelming. Wineries are angry, saying the stench is scaring off tourists.

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    By Madeleine Brand • Jun 13, 2019 • 1 min read

    Santa Barbara County leads the state in marijuana growing, and the smell of skunk from all those greenhouses is overwhelming. Wineries are angry, saying the stench is scaring off tourists.

    We also look at how the county become a legal pot hotspot. It turns out the pot industry has a lot of political power.

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