Inside the secretive cannabis lab that makes futuristic weed

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In the final episode of our three-part podcast series, Christie Taylor peers into efforts to grow cannabis compounds in labs and explores the problems with pot’s environmental footprint

By Christie Taylor

Cannabis is changing. Today’s marijuana is more potent than ever and there remain many questions about its benefits and risks. We still can’t meaningfully regulate driving while high. And growing cannabis – legally and not – has a staggering environmental footprint.

In The weed of the future, the final episode of our special three-part podcast series on the science of cannabis, Christie Taylor steps back to examine how cannabis fits into our society, both now and in the future, and how scientists may be able to breed cannabis with less of a tiny molecule that is responsible for the…

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