Episode
The Business of Drugs: Cannabis
Overview
Despite the legalization of pot in California, roughly 80% of the state's cannabis sales still occur on the black market. Fox examines why.
Details
- Series
- The Business of Drugs
- Season
- Season 1
- Episode
- Episode 5
- Air date
- 2020-07-14
- Runtime
- 44 min
Episode context
Cannabis is Episode 5 in Limited Series of The Business of Drugs. It aired on 2020-07-14. The runtime is 44 min.
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