Is California the Source of Unlawful Cannabis?

2min Snip

00:00

Play full episode

Summary

Transcript

Episode notes

Oklahoma is overrun with a land rush for people who are taking out the licenses to grow cannabis. In fact, there's a thought that Oklahoma may replace California as the source for illegal weed because of its central location. What the legal states are doing behind the scenes is talking to one another about how to get interstate shipping. And even some of the large, large license growers are starting to speculate on that national market.

Pro-pot Californians said legalizing marijuana would end the state’s black market for reefer. Instead, says LA Times investigative reporter Paige St. John, the illegal market is bigger than ever.

This episode was produced by Victoria Dominguez, edited by Matt Collette, fact-checked by Laura Bullard, engineered by Paul Robert Mounsey, and hosted by Sean Rameswaram.

Transcript at vox.com/todayexplained

Support Today, Explained by making a financial contribution to Vox! bit.ly/givepodcasts

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices