LOS ANGELES—California prohibits children from cannabis dispensaries and shields them from cannabis marketing, but those statewide restrictions are not working as well as policymakers had hoped, according to a recent USC-UC San Diego study.
The study in JAMA Pediatrics released on Aug. 31 evaluates how regulations designed to protect minors have held up five years after voters legalized cannabis. The study looked at 700 licensed cannabis dispensaries in California and found that many retail locations have inadequate screening processes, which allow minors to enter and view items that should be restricted to adults 21 and over.
