Publications Categories: Policy

Photo of Klamath River and forested hills where cannabis cultivation can impact water flows

Water storage and irrigation practices for cannabis drive seasonal patterns of water extraction and use in Northern California

cannabis farm

Cannabis farmers or criminals? Enforcement-first approaches fuel disparity and hinder regulation

Photograph of a small farm with rows of vegetables, such as lettuce, mixed with cannabis plants.

Characteristics of farms applying for cannabis cultivation permits

Photo of three white, uniformed male military officers and a black man huddled around a cannabis plant in a pine forest.

Making marijuana an environmental issue: Prohibition, Pollution and Policy

Macro-scale photograph of cannabis plant with webs of spider mites, a common pest.

First known survey of cannabis production practices

Photo of cannabis plants growing outdoors in individual planters with irrigation and a forested background

Growers say cannabis legalization excludes small growers, supports illicit markets, undermines local economies

Photo of a button that says "Legalize Cannabis Campaign" arranged in a circle around the silhouette of a cannabis leaf with a striped green, yellow and red background.

Marketing Marijuana: Prohibition, Medicalisation and the Commodity

Satellite image of recently expanded cannabis farm into forests and meadows.

The emergence of cannabis agriculture frontiers as environmental threats

Photograph of a worker hauling long, coiled lines of plastic irrigation pipe and bags of waste out of a partially cleared conifer forest.

Cannabis, an emerging agricultural crop, leads to deforestation and fragmentation

Photograph of cannabis farm with tightly aligned, green crop rows in the foreground and forested hills in the background as the sun rises or sets with yellow streaming rays over the scene.

Prohibition and Planning: Marijuana, Development and the Upheaval of Governance in Rural California