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What Are the Unintended Consequences of Legal Weed?
California will likely join Colorado, Washington, Oregon, and Alaska in making recreational pot legal. What can the golden state learn from those states about post-legalization public health and crime?
By Madeleine Brand • • 42m ListenCalifornia will likely join Colorado, Washington, Oregon, and Alaska in November in making the recreational use of pot legal. What can California learn from those states about what legalization might mean for public health and public safety?
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4 storiesThe Public Health Risks of Legal Pot
California voters will decide in November whether to legalize marijuana. The Adult Use of Marijuana Act likely has enough valid signatures to be on the ballot, and if it passes as current polling suggests it will, California will join Colorado, Washington, Oregon, and Alaska in making the recreational use of pot legal.
Read the story13 minDoes Pot Legalization Lead to Fewer Minority Arrests?
Advocates for legalizing recreational marijuana often argue that legalization will mean fewer drug-related arrests and convictions of minorities. California’s Lieutenant Governor Gavin Newsom has cited the disproportional impact of the "War on Drugs" on people of color as a reason for his support of legalization.
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