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    Weed, Inc.: The Truth About the Pot Lobby, THC, and the Commercial Marijuana Industry
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    Weed, Inc.: The Truth About the Pot Lobby, THC, and the Commercial Marijuana Industry

    By Ben Cort

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    The truth about what happens when capitalism meets a mind-altering substance. 

    Colorado’s Amendment 64, the game-changing amendment that authorized the use and regulation of marijuana in the state, sounded to most people who voted for it like a victory for social justice, a way to solve the problem of prison overcrowding, and a windfall for state and local governments that could reap the benefits from sales taxes. In Weed, Inc., author Ben Cort shows the truth. This was not simple legalization of a plant or decriminalization for those possessing it. Instead, the law was written to allow for the commercialization of the mind-altering component of marijuana, THC, by an industry now seeking to make it stronger and to get it into the hands of as many new users as possible. Controlled by a powerful, wealthy lobby, the industry has no federal oversight and has grown at a pace that’s made building and enforcing responsible regulation totally impossible, with adverse impacts to society, health, and the environment.

    Consider this:
    • There are more marijuana dispensaries in Denver than Starbucks and McDonald’s combined.
    • You’d have to smoke 15 joints in 1970 to get the same high as just one joint today.
    • In 1996, the average level of THC in marijuana was 5% or less. Today, 30% THC is the norm in Colorado, and there are now powerful concentrates that have THC levels as high as 98%.
    • Indoor marijuana-growing operations account for 1% of total electricity use in the US, producing greenhouse gas emissions equal to that of 3 million cars.
    • Pesticide levels six times the maximum allowed by the federal government have been found on plants quarantined at marijuana grow houses in Denver.
    • The black market has not disappeared; in fact, it has only grown since legalization.

    This essential book will take you in the complex, real world of legalized weed and keep open the debate as more states follow Colorado’s lead. We are only at the beginning of a social experiment that has wide-reaching ramifications.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherHealth Communications Inc EB
    Release dateSep 19, 2017
    ISBN9780757319891
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    Weed, Inc.: The Truth About the Pot Lobby, THC, and the Commercial Marijuana Industry
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    Ben Cort

    Ben Cort is the illustrator of the phenomenally succesful Aliens Love Underpants (Simon & Schuster) and many other popular books, including THE SHARK IN THE DARK for Macmillan and MUDDLE JUNGLE (978-1-4050-5436-2) for Campbell Books. Ben lives in Bedfordshire with his young family.

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    • 5/5
      Great book! The only one I’ve been able to find out there that actually tells it like it really is! While the enormous majority out there tout all the wonders of marijuana (blah, blah, blah…., etc. etc.) this book gives the real facts about what is really going on out there with all this BS.

      Much of what he discusses confirms many of my own suspicions and am very thankful for this so I don’t feel like I am the only one out there who feels this way.

      Thank you so much for having the courage to go against The Industry and giving a very frank and honest look at what is going on, with facts to back up your arguments.