Jonathan Caulkins

Carnegie Mellon University, "Marijuana Legalization: What Everyone Needs to Know.”

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professor at Carnegie Mellon University; co-author of “Marijuana Legalization: What Everyone Needs to Know.”

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California legalized recreational marijuana by passing Proposition 64. The proposition also allows for the industrial production of hemp.

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