The Pot Vote.

Format:

Video

Series:

Academic Video Online

60 Minutes

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

2010s.

Public Administration and Policy.

Occupational Safety and Health.

Twenty-First Century (2001-).

Drug abuse.

Organized crime.

Marijuana.

Recreational drugs.

Local Subjects:

2010s.

Public Administration and Policy.

Occupational Safety and Health.

Twenty-First Century (2001-).

Drug abuse.

Organized crime.

Marijuana.

Recreational drugs.

Genre:

News story

Physical Description:

1 online resource (13 minutes)

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS), 2016.

Language Note:

In English.

System Details:

video file

Summary:

A report on the upcoming November 8th vote to legalize recreational pot use in five states: California, Massachusetts, Maine, Arizona, and Nevada. Recreational marijuana has been legal for a few years in Pueblo, Colorado, and the state's marijuana sales brought in $141 million in tax revenue in 2015. However, local law enforcement asserts that there is a rise is black market sales through organized crime; the number of babies born with THC (tetrahydrocannabinol) in their system has increased; an uptick in emergency room visits and drugged driving arrests. Includes interviews with: Bob DeGabrielle, owner of Los Suenos Farms; Ketch DeGabrielle, Bob's son and operations manager at Los Suenos Farms; Dr. Steven Simerville, pediatrician and medical director of the newborn intensive care unit at Pueblo's Saint Mary Corwin Medical Center; Sheriff Kirk Taylor, Pueblo County, CO; Dr. Marilyn Huestis, former chief of chemistry and drug metabolism at the National Institute on Drug Abuse; and Gov. John Hickenlooper (D-CO).

Notes:

Title from resource description page (viewed January 16, 2024).