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One Year Later

The politics of pot

Hosted by Jamil Smith Dec. 21, 2017
Recreational marijuana will be legal in California in 2018. Who will benefit from the potential economic boom?

Photo by Brett Levin

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Jamil Smith

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Quinn O'Toole, Katie Cooper, Yael Even Or, Sáša Woodruff, Gideon Brower

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