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Q&A with Jordan S. Rubin, author of Bizarro

Apr 18 2023
Bizarro is a page-turning tale of the unprecedented prosecution of Burton Ritchie and Ben Galecki, the Florida-based founders of a sprawling “spice” (synthetic cannabinoid) operation. With this book, journalist and former New York City narcotics prosecutor Jordan S. Rubin exposes a Reagan-era law ca
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Q&A with Robin Goldstein and Daniel Sumner, authors of Can Legal Weed Win

Apr 20 2022
Two economists take readers on a tour of the economics of legal and illegal weed, showing where cannabis regulation has gone wrong and how it could do better.Cannabis "legalization" hasn't lived up to the hype. Across North America, investors are reeling, tax collections are below projections, a
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