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    Press Play with Madeleine Brand

    Inside California's Pot Industry

    Chances are good that Californians will vote to legalize pot this November. A proposed ballot measure has wide support. Twenty years ago, Californians approved the measure that legalized medical marijuana use, and since then those working in the cannabis industry have been operating in a kind of hazy legal zone.

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    By Madeleine Brand • Apr 12, 2016 • 1 min read

    Chances are good that Californians will vote to legalize pot this November. A proposed ballot measure has wide support. Twenty years ago, Californians approved the measure that legalized medical marijuana use, and since then those working in the cannabis industry have been operating in a kind of hazy legal zone. State lawmakers never bothered to clear that up, until last fall, when Governor Brown signed legislation to establish clear guidelines and regulations for the industry. In the process, he may have ushered in an era of “Big Pot” in California. What happens next?

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      Madeleine Brand

      Host, 'Press Play'

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    Expanding Paid Family Leave, and ‘The Endless Summer’ at 50
    1. 0:00California Expands Paid Family Leave
    2. 9:57Equal Pay Day
    3. 19:31Inside California's Pot IndustryYou’re reading this
    4. 28:56‘The Endless Summer’ at 50
    5. 43:34Kobe Bryant Retires
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