The Los Angeles Times articles in a series called “Legal Weed – Broken Promises” highlight the false promises of marijuana legalization. The latest article on marijuana legalization suggests that state legislators have finally woken up; they now want to take action to stop the problems. Reports show rampant labor abuses, human trafficking, exploitation and the deaths of 32 marijuana farm workers.
It’s hard to imagine a political movement that has failed more miserably. Even now the use of cannabis has leveled off at 12% of the population, up from 7% in 2013, but not likely to increase.
Unlike the LA Times, the national press rarely chooses to explore why marijuana legalization doesn’t work. Even reputed sources such as PBS take their information from the cannabis industry instead of independent investigations.*
We’ve reported on the many lies of the marijuana legalization movement. These Los Angeles Times articles detail the societal harms of marijuana legalization (without even showing its harm to individual users):
Dec. 29, 2022
Legal Weed, Broken Promises: A Times series on the fallout of legal pot in California
Dec. 22, 2022
Dying for your high: The untold exploitation and misery in America’s weed industry
Sept. 22, 2022
Inside California’s pot legalization failures: Corporate influence, ignored warnings
Sept. 15, 2022
‘$250,000 cash in a brown paper bag.’ How legal weed unleashed corruption in California
Sept. 8, 2022
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* An exception to the industry-slanted reporting comes from Rocky Mountain PBS, specifically “Insight with John Ferruggia.“