UCLA Researchers Receive $6.4 Million in Grants From the Bureau of Cannabis Control

The California Bureau of Cannabis Control has awarded the University of California, Los Angeles $6.4 million in grants for important cannabis-related research.

The money will fund seven different studies at the Geffen School of Medicine and the UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs. Researchers will explore:

• Cannabis industry demographics
• Employment and working conditions in the industry
• Secondhand cannabis smoke
• The feasibility of a cannabis potency tax
• Prop 64’s impact on public health
• The impact of cannabis marketing on the state’s youth
• The impact of cannabis marketing on cannabis use disparities among sexual and gender minority youth

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