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Cannabis Costs $15 in One State and $52 in Another. Bourbon Doesn’t.

An eighth costs $15 in Washington and $52 in Kentucky, where every buyer is a patient. Former Massachusetts cannabis regulator Shawn Collins uses High Times’ price index and a bourbon thought experiment to explain why state borders force every legal market to rebuild an entire supply chain, what license caps cost patients, and what’s holding the border shut.

Cannabis Costs $15 in One State and $52 in Another. Bourbon Doesn’t.

An eighth costs $15 in Washington and $52 in Kentucky, where every buyer is a patient. Former Massachusetts cannabis regulator Shawn Collins uses High Times’ price index and a bourbon thought experiment to explain why state borders force every legal market to rebuild an entire supply chain, what license caps cost patients, and what’s holding the border shut.

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Legalization Was Supposed to Be Bad for Kids. It Turned Out to Be the Opposite

Thirty years into the transition to regulated cannabis markets, teen use and ease of access are at or near the lowest levels ever recorded. It’s prohibition — not legalization — that put kids most at risk. This is an op-ed contribution from Adam J. Smith, Executive Director of the Marijuana Policy Project. The views expressed are his own. Legend has

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