(WWJ) On this week's WWJ In Depth podcast, we follow up on what legalization means in Michigan by looking at Colorado five years after it became the first station in the nation to create a recreational marijuana market.
As Michigan's licensing program gets underway we look to Colorado to discuss: What mistakes did they make? What were the concerns before legalization? What are the concerns today?Ultimately, what can Michigan learn from Colorado?On the show are two journalists who have covered Colorado's legalization.Ricardo Baca is the founder of Grasslands, a PR agency for the marijuana industry. But, before he started that a few years ago, Baca was the "Marijuana Editor" for The Denver Post where he ran a section called "The Cannabist".The second person who weighs in is Ann Marie Awad, host and producer of a new podcast from Colorado Public Radio called "On Something," which looks at all aspects of legalization.Baca and Awad share stories with WWJ's Rob St. Mary about teen use, crime, the black market, the use of tax money, social equity and more.