Behind the redwood curtain: tracking health outcomes for marijuana workers
Virtually every workplace in America's above-ground economy is regulated to some extent. Whether you work in kitchens or construction, the federal government's Occupational Safety and Hazard Adminstration has observed and analyzed a typical work environment in your industry. Unless you work with marijuana. If that work takes place in a professional context, like law-enforcement or medical dispensaries, you may have some basic protections.
Modern marijuana growing is still an emerging industry -- and most of it's regulations fall under the penal code.
Because marijuana is illegal and the industry operates in secrecy, health hazards are rarely investigated. Workers are often uninsured, and they have little legal recourse against manufacturers and employers that put their health at risk. Essentially, we're all participating in an ongoing round of human experiments -- but so far no one's tracking the results.
Are you experiencing health problems as a result of your years in the marijuana industry? Have you experienced asthma, PTSD, or side effects from exposure to fertilizer and agricultural chemicals? Tell us about it. We've set up an anonymous survey to start the data-gathering process necessary to find out how the marijuana industry is affecting the health of it's workers.
Modern marijuana growing is still an emerging industry -- and most of it's regulations fall under the penal code.
Because marijuana is illegal and the industry operates in secrecy, health hazards are rarely investigated. Workers are often uninsured, and they have little legal recourse against manufacturers and employers that put their health at risk. Essentially, we're all participating in an ongoing round of human experiments -- but so far no one's tracking the results.
Are you experiencing health problems as a result of your years in the marijuana industry? Have you experienced asthma, PTSD, or side effects from exposure to fertilizer and agricultural chemicals? Tell us about it. We've set up an anonymous survey to start the data-gathering process necessary to find out how the marijuana industry is affecting the health of it's workers.
