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Is California’s Cottage Cannabis Industry About to Go Up in Smoke?

From out-of-work loggers to struggling students, thousands of Golden State growers eke out a living on small marijuana farms. But full legalization may bring the hardest hit yet.

Piper McDaniel
May 03, 2016
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