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Legal weed, massive worker exploitation

Legal weed, massive worker exploitation

FromThe Times: Essential news from the L.A. Times


Legal weed, massive worker exploitation

FromThe Times: Essential news from the L.A. Times

ratings:
Length:
28 minutes
Released:
Mar 1, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

When California voters legalized cannabis, growers vowed a break from decades of worker exploitation in the state’s agricultural industry. A Times investigation found otherwise.Today, where it all went wrong and what’s being done to stop it. Read the full transcript here.Host: Gustavo ArellanoGuests: L.A. Times investigative reporter Paige St. JohnMore reading:Dying for your high: The untold exploitation and misery in America’s weed industryThe reality of legal weed in California: Huge illegal grows, violence, worker exploitation and deathsLawmakers want investigation, hearings into ‘Wild West’ of California cannabis and farm work
Released:
Mar 1, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (100)

“The Times” is a podcast from the Los Angeles Times hosted by columnist Gustavo Arellano along with reporters from our diverse newsroom. Every weekday, our podcast takes listeners beyond the headlines, with our West Coast outlook on the world. News, entertainment, the environment, immigration, politics, the criminal justice system, the social safety net, food and culture — “The Times” exists at the epicenter of it all. Through interviews and original stories, “The Times” is the audio guide you need to understand the day’s news, the world and how California shapes it. Listen everywhere podcasts are available.