EPISODE · Sep 14, 2022 · 23 MIN
How illegal cannabis smoked California
from Headlines From The Times · host Denise Guerra, Mark Nieto, Gustavo Arellano, Mike Heflin, Mario Diaz, Heba Elorbany, Jazmín Aguilera, Ashlea Brown, Kasia Broussalian, Shannon Lin, Shani O. Hilton, Kinsee Morlan, David Toledo, Madalyn Amato
California voters legalized cannabis in 2016, and one of the issues that was supposed to be solved was the violence and environmental wreckage associated with the drug’s illegal trade. But that hasn’t happened.Inside California’s famed “Emerald Triangle,” a region north of San Francisco known for its weed, there’s an estimated 5,000 to 10,000 illegal cannabis farms alone. The under-the-radar cultivation is messing with once-peaceful communities. Today, we get into this issue. Read the full transcript here.Host: Gustavo ArellanoGuests: L.A. Times investigative reporter Paige St. JohnMore reading:Legal Weed, Broken Promises: A Times series on the fallout of legal pot in CaliforniaNobody knows how widespread illegal cannabis grows are in California. So we mapped themThe reality of legal weed in California: Huge illegal grows, violence, worker exploitation and deaths
What this episode covers
California voters legalized cannabis last decade. So why is the illegal market more successful than ever?
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