The Unexpected Ways Growing Marijuana Impacts the Environment
How does marijuana cultivation impact the environment?
Answer by Dean Croshere, Director of Operations for MedMen, a Marijuana Management Company, on Quora:
Briefly stated: It uses a lot of water and power. Like all plant production, marijuana needs water and light for photosynthesis to grow. Marijuana’s resource usage isn’t significantly greater than that of other crops, if grown well. I want to note here that marijuana is a dried product. The resource consumption for a pound of dried product will always be many times higher than one sold full of water, for reasons that I hope are obvious.
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Indoor warehouse grows use the most power. There is no more efficient source of light than the sun, and intentionally blocking out the sun is generally a silly way to grow plants. That said, growing indoors allows for careful control of the environment. Contrary to other claims, a...
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