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This is what a marijuana plant, growing legally in Colorado, looks like. Reuters/Rick Wilking

July 4, 2017

Pot with patents could plant the seeds of future lawsuits

Craig Nard, Case Western Reserve University

The federal government outlaws marijuana, but many states are legalizing it. Coupled with the growing number of cannabis-related patents, the potential for court battles is dizzying.

High government taxes on legalized marijuana could push people back to the black market. (THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck)

July 4, 2017

Tax low to get high: governments should keep weed taxes down

Arthur Cockfield, Queen's University, Ontario

The Liberal government is on the way to legalizing marijuana. They should keep taxes low to discourage the black market.

Californians are going to be seeing more messages like this because voters stood up to Big Tobacco and passed a $2 tobacco tax increase. California Department of Health Services

November 10, 2016

Big Tobacco loses tax battle in California, but Big Marijuana is on the rise

Stanton Glantz, University of California, San Francisco

Thanks to voters ignoring Big Tobacco, California may be the first smoke free society. Here's how it happened.

Top contributors

Stanton Glantz
Professor of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco
Arthur Cockfield
Professor, Queen's University, Ontario
Craig Nard
Galen J. Roush Professor of Law; Director, Spangenberg Center for Law, Technology & the Arts and the FUSION Certificate Program in Design, Innovation & IP Management, Case Western Reserve University