Deeply Talks: Water And Cannabis In California
Marijuana legalization continues to gain support around the country. In just four years, five western states legalized recreational use of the drug, including California in 2016. But cannabis cultivation comes at a cost to local water. This is the playback of a 30-minute conversation led by Tara Lohan, managing editor of Water Deeply, with experts about how marijuana farms – both legal and illegal – impact California water, and how the increasing number of legal marijuana-growing operations in Southern California deal with limited water resources. For more information or water issues in California and the American West, visit www.newsdeeply.com/water and subscribe to our weekly emails.