Medicinal and recreational Cannabis sativa is a sector that has exploded in popularity both
in academia and industry due to the relaxation in legislation concerning the controlled …

Interest in growing cannabis for medical and recreational purposes is increasing worldwide.
This study reviews the environmental impacts of cannabis cultivation. Results show that both …

Riding the global waves of decriminalization, medical or recreational use of cannabis
(Cannabis sativa spp.) is now legal in more than 50 countries and US states. As …

This review article assays the scholarly and popular press literature on the opportunities and
challenges the growing legalized cannabis industry offers US local governments and …

Highlights•Carbon forest finance often fails for political reasons.•Forest finance cannot
address systematic environmental injustices.•Finance opportunities are vulnerable to …

On agricultural frontiers, minimal regulation and potential windfall profits drive opportunistic
land use that often results in environmental damage. Cannabis, an increasingly …

H. Bodwitch is Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Natural Resource Sciences, McGill
University, Quebec, Canada; J. Carah is Senior Freshwater Ecologist, The Nature …

Cannabis legalization is spreading rapidly. In California, as the plant transitions from an
illegal drug to agricultural product, regulations have been implemented to manage its …

The cannabis industry in California is attempting to transition from an international epicenter
of unpermitted production to one of the world's largest legal markets. This formalization …

Since California's cannabis legalization, localities have played a central role in determining
the regulatory terms of where, how and within what legal bounds cannabis cultivation …