Informal Communities and Cannabis Regulation in the Emerald Triangle

Candidi, Liza

doi:10.1007/978-3-030-05039-9_14

Governance Beyond the Law

2019

DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-05039-9_14

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Informal Communities and Cannabis Regulation in the Emerald Triangle

Liza Candidi

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Cannabis Legalization and its Effects on Organized Crime: Lessons and Research Recommendations from Canada

Bouchard,

Zakimi,

Gomis

2024

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In October 2018, Canada legalized and regulated its entire recreational cannabis supply chain via the Cannabis Act. One of the objectives of this new policy was to take revenue away from organized crime groups. Five years after the Cannabis Act went into effect, we address the following question: what do we know about the impacts of cannabis regulation on organized crime? A review of the gray and academic literature revealed that there is little and inconclusive research on the matter, as well as a lack of diverse and relevant data sources from which to draw conclusions. Using Canadian and international literature, we developed recommendations for indicators that could be used to assess such impacts. These indicators could be particularly useful for policymakers and researchers in countries that have yet to regulate cannabis to allow for pre‐ and post‐legalization comparisons.

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Cannabis Legalization and its Effects on Organized Crime: Lessons and Research Recommendations from Canada

Bouchard,

Zakimi,

Gomis

2024

Sociological Inquiry

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Water Availability for Cannabis in Northern California: Intersections of Climate, Policy, and Public Discourse

Morgan

Spangler

Stuivenvolt-Allen

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Availability of water for irrigated crops is driven by climate and policy, as moderated by public priorities and opinions. We explore how climate and water policy interact to influence water availability for cannabis (Cannabis sativa), a newly regulated crop in California, as well as how public discourse frames these interactions. Grower access to surface water covaries with precipitation frequency and oscillates consistently in an energetic 11–17 year wet-dry cycle. Assessing contemporary cannabis water policies against historic streamflow data showed that legal surface water access was most reliable for cannabis growers with small water rights (<600 m3) and limited during relatively dry years. Climate variability either facilitates or limits water access in cycles of 10–15 years—rendering cultivators with larger water rights vulnerable to periods of drought. However, news media coverage excludes growers’ perspectives and rarely mentions climate and weather, while public debate over growers’ irrigation water use presumes illegal diversion. This complicates efforts to improve growers’ legal water access, which are further challenged by climate. To promote a socially, politically, and environmentally viable cannabis industry, water policy should better represent growers’ voices and explicitly address stakeholder controversies as it adapts to this new and legal agricultural water user.

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Informal Communities and Cannabis Regulation in the Emerald Triangle

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Cannabis Legalization and its Effects on Organized Crime: Lessons and Research Recommendations from Canada

Cannabis Legalization and its Effects on Organized Crime: Lessons and Research Recommendations from Canada

Water Availability for Cannabis in Northern California: Intersections of Climate, Policy, and Public Discourse

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