This July 2016 photo provided by the North Dakota Department of Agriculture shows industrial hemp growing in a field in North Dakota's Benson County.

Public Health Impact of Cannabis

Ask a Legal State: A National Conversation About Pot | Apr 20, 2019

Mark Kleiman, professor of public policy at the NYU Marron Institute of Urban Management and at NYU Wagner and author of Marijuana Legalization: What Everyone Needs to Know (Oxford University, 2016), gives the national picture of how cannabis has impacted public health in states that have legalized recreational use.

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