High Time for Conservation: Adding the Environment to the Debate on Marijuana Liberalization

BioScience

Volumn 65, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 822-829

  Carah, Jennifer K ^a   Howard, Jeanette K ^a   Thompson, Sally E ^b   Short Gianotti, Anne G ^e   Bauer, Scott D ^f   Carlson, Stephanie M ^c   Dralle, David N ^b   Gabriel, Mourad W ^g,h   Hulette, Lisa L ^a   Johnson, Brian J ⁱ   Knight, Curtis A ^j   Kupferberg, Sarah J ^k   Martin, Stefanie L ^a   Naylor, Rosamond L ^l   Power, Mary E ^d  

^a THE NATURE CONSERVANCY   (United States)

^b 109 McLaughlin Hall   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f California Department of Fish and Wildlife   (United States)

^g Integral Ecology Research Center   (United States)

^h California Trout in San Francisco ^*  (United States)

ⁱ Trout Unlimited   (United States)

^j New College of California in San Francisco   (United States)

^k McBain Associ   (United States)

^l STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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Author keywords

agriculture production; biodiversity; Cannabis; endangered species; policy ethics

Indexed keywords

CANNABIS; CANNABIS SATIVA;

EID: 84938886866     PISSN: 00063568     EISSN: 15253244     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/biosci/biv083     Document Type: Review

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