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What happens when corporate culture takes over counterculture? This book explores the contradictions present within the cannabis industry from a business and policy perspective.* Treats the new and growing cannabis industry in the context of more established ones, such as the alcohol, pharmaceutical, and tobacco industries* Collects experiences and experiments from all of the regions, states, and municipalities in which marijuana has been legalized* Explains how federal regulations or lack thereof (e.g., lack of access to banking) affect the industry* Explores the interactions of federal, state, and local laws* Sheds light on the evolution of public policy on legalized marijuana