Cannabis: Is It Helping Local Economies?
Check out this podcast interview with our Executive Director Kris Teegardin! Canabis Policy NOW is the official podcast of the Marijuana Policy Project (MPP).
As cities and towns work to rebuild and strengthen their economies in the wake of COVID-19, we speak with experts about how legal, regulated cannabis markets have impacted local economies and governments in California and Colorado. First, we are joined by Hirsh Jain, the Director of Government Affairs at Caliva, who shares examples of how California municipalities have benefited from legalization. Then we speak to Kris Teegardin, former mayor of Edgewater, CO, who tells us what life was like in the first city to begin adult-use cannabis sales.