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	Podcast:		TED Talks Daily (SD video)
	Episode:		What commercialization is doing to cannabis \| Ben Cort
	Category:		Education
	Duration:		00:16:04
	Publish Date:		2018-09-05 10:04:26
	Description:		In 2012, Colorado legalized cannabis and added to what has fast become a multibillion-dollar global industry for all things weed-related: from vape pens to brownies and beyond. But to say that we've legalized marijuana is subtly misleading -- what we've really done is commercialized THC, says educator Ben Cort, and that's led to products that are unnaturally potent. In an eye-opening talk, Cort examines the often unseen impacts of the commercial cannabis industry -- and calls on us to question those who are getting rich off of it.
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