Inside the $32 billion industry processing marijuana
An email obtained by the Times shows that a leader of the committee, Rep. Sharon Wylie, an industry advocate, shared a draft of the bill with a cannabis lobbyist. “Thank you for being open to the compromise approach,” he wrote.In an interview, Ms. Wylie said “the jury is still out” on the potential harms of cannabis and that regulated businesses bring in revenue for the state.Mrs. Davis doesn't give up. He plans to introduce legislation to another committee this month that would ban all concentrates above 35 percent THC, with exemptions for medical use.“The industry needs limits,” he said.METHODOLOGYThe New York Times examined sales data from two cannabis industry data companies, BDSA and Aurico brands in total.Journalists then located each brand's page on Weedmaps, where available. Four w...