{"product_id":"can-legal-weed-win-robin-goldstein-9780520383265","title":"Can Legal Weed Win?: The Blunt Realities of Cannabis Economics","description":"\u003cb\u003eTwo 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.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Cannabis \"legalization\" hasn't lived up to the hype. Across North America, investors are reeling, tax collections are below projections, and people are pointing fingers. On the business side, companies have shut down, farms have failed, workers have lost their jobs, and consumers face high prices. Why has legal weed failed to deliver on many of its promises? \u003ci\u003eCan Legal Weed Win? \u003c\/i\u003etakes on the euphoric claims with straight dope and a full dose of economic reality. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e This book delivers the unadulterated facts about the new legal segment of one of the world's oldest industries. In witty, accessible prose, economists Robin Goldstein and Daniel Sumner take readers on a whirlwind tour of the economic past, present, and future of legal and illegal weed. Drawing upon reams of data and their own experience working with California cannabis regulators since 2016, Goldstein and Sumner explain why many cannabis businesses and some aspects of legalization fail to measure up, while others occasionally get it right. Their stories stretch from before America's first medical weed dispensaries opened in 1996 through the short-term boom in legal consumption that happened during COVID-19 lockdowns. \u003ci\u003eCan Legal Weed Win?\u003c\/i\u003e is packed with unexpected insights about how cannabis markets can thrive, how regulators get the laws right or wrong, and what might happen to legal and illegal markets going forward.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Robin Goldstein, Daniel Sumner\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0520383265\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780520383265\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of California Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/05\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 232\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.90lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.40h x 5.40w x 1.00d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/30\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/01\/2023","brand":"Robin Goldstein","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43981709181183,"sku":"9780520383265","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_c2627970-a897-407c-9b87-cdae7cb0ad1c.jpg?v=1683257101","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/can-legal-weed-win-robin-goldstein-9780520383265","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}