Indoor Cannabis Cultivation
Indoor cultivation developed in response to cannabis prohibition and enforcement – it is often easier to hide and expensive (e.g. energy, water, rent, security).
Dynamics of Licensed Cultivation and Supply Chain
Learn about region-based licensed cannabis harvest and production between 2019 and 2025 and supply chain transaction dynamics.
Transformation of Unlicensed Cannabis Cultivation Since Legalization
This brief outlines the transformation of unlicensed cultivation since legalization based on over 150 extended interviews with people involved with cannabis cultivation in three regions of California.
English – Outcomes of Local Cannabis Cultivation Bans on California Communities
Local commercial cannabis cultivation bans add administrative cost and lead to economic and social inequities.
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Las prohibiciones locales del cultivo comercial de cannabis añaden costos administrativos y generan desigualdades económicas y sociales.
Water Use: Cannabis in Context
After reviewing data from Humboldt and Mendocino County watersheds, researchers find that keeping cannabis farms in the licensed market is key for preventing impacts to streams.
Variation in Local-level Cannabis Cultivation Bans in California
Proposition 64 granted California localities (cities and counties) the ability to ban commercial cannabis cultivation. Now over two-thirds of local jurisdictions have banned cultivation.
Environmental Impacts of Local Cannabis Cultivation Bans
Cultivation bans do not stop cultivation or environmental consequences of farming, and may worsen them.
Barriers to Compliance
We surveyed California’s cannabis farmers to understand their decisions to comply with the state’s licensing initiative. Explore our 2019 results to learn specific barriers to compliance.