The business of cannabis : new policies for the new marijuana industry / D.J. Summers.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Summers, D. J., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Marijuana industry--Government policy--United States.

Marijuana industry.

Marijuana industry--Government policy.

United States.

Physical Description:

xv, 171 pages ; 25 cm

Other Title:

New policies for the new marijuana industry

Place of Publication:

Santa Barbara, California : Praeger, An Imprint of ABC-CLIO, LLC, [2018]

Summary:

"Despite the unique culture surrounding cannabis, this new industry follows the same economic principles as does any other agricultural product--that is, it would if the federal government allowed it to. Four distinct challenges prevent the cannabis industry from becoming fully legal and federally regulated in the United States, equivalent to the alcohol, pharmaceutical, or tobacco industries: federal regulations counter to state laws, an unfriendly financial system, a U.S. attorney general bent on keeping the drug war running, and Prohibition's 70-year-old legacy of distrust between legalization advocates and opponents. Policy, however, is changing. Already the world's most heavily consumed illicit drug is in the midst of an international transformation. Globally, a new international trade market has emerged from efforts to legalize it for medical or recreational use, and in the United States, the nascent cannabis industry has acquired lobbyists, well-financed industry kingpins, an extensive ancillary industry, and taxation. The Business of Cannabis explores these issues in depth and contextualizes U.S. drug policy at a time when lawmakers across the nation are deciding which way to lean on the issue"--Book jacket.

Contents:

Supply and demand

Federal laws vs. state vs. local control

Lobbyists and lawyers

Going to market : cultivation, testing, manufacturing, production, and retail

Banking and financial implications

State by state, nation by nation

Taxation and ramifications

Picks and shovels : ancillary and support industry

The future of cannabis.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Summers, D.J. Business of cannabis.

ISBN:

9781440857867

1440857865

OCLC:

1004763813

Publisher Number:

90101381066

40028156614