Two Major Grants Awarded from State of California

I received word this weekend that I received two major grants from the State of California’s Bureau of Cannabis Control. Funded through tax proceeds, as directed by Prop 64, the research funds are likely the biggest infusion of non-prohibitionist cannabis research money into the topic…ever? First, with Christy Getz and Margiana Petersen-Rockney we will be continuing and expanding our research in Siskiyou County in a project titled: “Cultivation Bans, Local Control, and the Effects and Efficacy of Proposition 64.” It will involve 4 months of field research across 4 case studies throughout California, examining why cultivation bans take root and what their effects are. Second, with Ann Laudati and Nathan Sayre, I will be conducting a study called: “Transformation of Unregulated Cannabis Cultivation Under Proposition 64.” We will conduct ethnographic and mapping projects across three regions, twelve months total, looking at how unregulated production has transformed under the new dynamics of legalized cannabis. In total, funding for these two projects comes out to be nearly $1 million and will take place over the course of two years. To learn more, check out the press release.