Can Legal Weed Win?

"An irreverent, well-written, no-nonsense, fact-packed guide to some of the unexpected consequences of weed legalization. Both surprising and enlightening!"—Laurie Santos, Professor of Psychology, Yale University, and host of The Happiness Lab podcast

"It's high time economists took a serious look at weed. This insightful and entertaining joint effort sheds light on an important topic."—Jayson Lusk, Distinguished Professor and Head of the Department of Agricultural Economics, Purdue University, and author of The Food Police and Unnaturally Delicious

"Robin Goldstein and Daniel Sumner provide a comprehensive guide to the key economic and regulatory factors that are driving the markets for weed, while at the same time offering plenty of fun anecdotes for an enjoyable read. A must-have reference for anyone considering participating in this industry as an investor, producer, retailer, policy maker, or consumer."—Bradley Rickard, Professor of Food and Agricultural Economics, Cornell University

"Not just your ordinary puff piece, Can Legal Weed Win? delivers a refreshing explanation of how the legalization of cannabis ended up in smoke and how it can get straight again. Goldstein and Sumner take a refreshingly objective perspective, which few weed books do, and explain with simple, understandable economic intuition how we have arrived at a dual-market (legal and illegal) system."—Michael McCullough, Professor of Agribusiness, California Polytechnic State University, and CEO of the Beeronomics Society