Backstory: The Medical Marijuana Industry

The Leonard Lopate Show | Oct 10, 2012

Since the mid 1990s, 16 states and the District of Columbia have passed medical marijuana laws. In some states, like California, a vast growing and dispensary system has sprung up for a drug that the federal government still considers illegal. Journalist Jim Rendon went behind the scenes with many of the people who work in what is both an illicit and quasi-legal industry. His book is called Supercharged: How Outlaws Hippies and Scientists Reinvented Marijuana.

Be alert for scams. WNYC never asks for nor accepts money for coverage or interviews. Anyone making such a request does not represent WNYC.

Top Stories

The Classroom/Technology Pipeline

Advice for Appreciating Music

30 Issues in 30 Days: Trump Family Profiteering

New Jazz History Book on the Legendary Village Vanguard; NYC's Most Haunted Areas

YOU ARE ONLINE