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    Press Play with Madeleine Brand

    Working in the legal cannabis industry costs two people their citizenship

    Two working in Colorado’s legal cannabis say their jobs cost them their chances for American citizenship. Both are green card holders who applied for permanent citizenship. But they were told they lacked good moral character.

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    By Madeleine Brand • Apr 10, 2019 • 1 min read

    Two working in Colorado’s legal cannabis say their jobs cost them their chances for American citizenship. Both are green card holders who applied for permanent citizenship. But they were told they lacked good moral character. Recreational marijuana is legal in Colorado and nine other states, including California, but it’s illegal federally. We speak with the attorney who represents the two, and look at the legal tension between the federal marijuana ban and state legalization.

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      Madeleine Brand

      Host, 'Press Play'

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      Sarah Sweeney

      Vice President of Talk Programming, KCRW

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      Line Editor, Press Play

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      Yael Even Or

      Producer, 'Press Play'

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      Aaron Elinoff

      Colorado attorney representing a man whose citizenship was denied.

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      Robert Mikos

      Vanderbilt University

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