The Times podcast: California’s marijuana revolution at 25 years
Rob Jenkins works at Dark Heart Nursery in Oakland in 2018.
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Marijuana use is now ubiquitous in mainstream culture — even Martha Stewart’s into CBD products thanks to her good pal Snoop Dogg. Despite this, the federal government classifies basically all cannabis-related products as illegal. That stands in the way of things like medical research.
Can California, which sparked a revolution 25 years ago with the legalization of medical marijuana by voters, push the federal government to legalize marijuana once and for all?
Host: Gustavo Arellano
Guest: L.A. Times national reporter Evan Halper
More reading:
Thousands of California marijuana convictions officially reduced, others dismissed
Editorial: What legalization? California is still the Wild West of illegal marijuana
About The Times
“The Times” is made by columnist Gustavo Arellano, senior producer Denise Guerra and producers Shannon Lin, Melissa Kaplan and Ashlea Brown. Our engineer is Mario Diaz. Our editors are Lauren Raab and Shani O. Hilton. Our theme song was composed by Andrew Eapen.
