Other Green Jobs: Legal Marijuana and the Promise of Consumption-Driven Economic Development
Material type:
ArticlePublication details: Sage, 2019.Description: Vol 39, Issue 1, 2019(79-92 p.)Subject(s): Online resources:
In:
Journal of Planning Education and ResearchSummary: Legalizing marijuana at the state level establishes via fiat a new industry. In practice, legal marijuana constitutes a large-scale test of consumption-driven economic development policies, which seek to shape industry and job growth via changes in local spending. Drawing on the critical case of Colorado, I assess the economic development outcomes and future potential of legal marijuana, and evaluate the broader applicability of consumption-driven development processes heretofore confined to the arts and isolated local cases. While most states should be able to replicate Colorado’s import-substitution gains, the most enduring economic benefits to legalization require place amenities that legalization alone cannot provide.
| Item type | Current library | Vol info | Status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
E-Journal
|
Library, SPAB | v. 39 (1-4) / Jan- Dec 2019. | Available |
Legalizing marijuana at the state level establishes via fiat a new industry. In practice, legal marijuana constitutes a large-scale test of consumption-driven economic development policies, which seek to shape industry and job growth via changes in local spending. Drawing on the critical case of Colorado, I assess the economic development outcomes and future potential of legal marijuana, and evaluate the broader applicability of consumption-driven development processes heretofore confined to the arts and isolated local cases. While most states should be able to replicate Colorado’s import-substitution gains, the most enduring economic benefits to legalization require place amenities that legalization alone cannot provide.
There are no comments on this title.