California's Pot Legalization Isn't Going to Happen, but It Will Take Years, Is It?

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CNN's John Sutter talks about the broken promise of California's pot legalization. Prop 64 was going to introduce legal markets that would replace illegal ones, but that hasn't been the case. Governor Gavin Newsom announced a new task force to crack down on illegal grow operations. Just this month that task force started cracking down on illegal sites rating $15 million worth of pot from a rural grow site.

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.

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