This Week's Legalization Roundup

The future of cannabis is progressing by leaps and bounds -- D.C.’s recreational legalization seems to have created a loophole for the black market, Massachusetts is revamping the dispensary licensing process, and Nevada could begin selling medical marijuana as early as next month! Check out this week’s legalization update to catch up on the latest in cannabis legislation from your region:

U.S. Updates

CALIFORNIA

California’s harsh drought due to a warming climate is having an unexpected result: more potent cannabis. Stress on the plants from hotter, drier outdoor environments tends to result in plants exhibiting more of their medicinal properties. It’s also been proposed by ethnobotanists that plants grown outdoors under duress will become stronger and heartier, requiring less water to thrive while also producing more psychotropic compounds as a pest repellent. With more and more cannabis farmers entering the industry, climate change and lack of water for planting have...

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