TY  - GEN
AU  - Doussard, Marc 
TI  - Other Green Jobs: Legal Marijuana and the Promise of Consumption-Driven Economic Development
PY  - 2019///
PB  - Sage
KW  - marijuana legalization
KW  -  economic development
KW  -  consumption theory
N2  - 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
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1177/0739456X17719498
ER  -