Legal Weed Has States Improvising Role as Consumers’ Safety Cop
Cannabis purchased at a dispensary in New Jersey on April 21.
Photographer: Spencer Platt/Getty ImagesWelcome to the Dose, a weekly newsletter that follows the cannabis and psychedelics industries. This week, guest columnist Elise Young takes a look at the maddening patchwork of marijuana safety regulations around the US.
The spread of legal marijuana across the US is bringing with it a unique challenge: Absent federal guidelines, states are cobbling together hodgepodge rules that leave users without a uniform safety net.