Big Pot: The commercial takeover of marijuana
No government on earth had ever created a for-profit marijuana market – until voters decided to do so in the United States.
Now the fall of marijuana prohibition – not yet federally, but state-by-state – may feel inevitable. A record 61 percent of Americans support legal adult use, according to Gallup. That certainly sounds like the end of the conversation. But hold on a minute.
Voters in five states will decide next week whether to legalize recreational marijuana. If all those measures pass, nearly a quarter of Americans...
What about marijuana sales and marketing? How should all this legal pot be sold and regulated? What kind of businesses will dominate? How will they change the product? Above all, how can anyone be sure the dream of legal marijuana won’t turn into a nightmare?
CBSN set out to address these questions – none of which have simple answers –...
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