Oakland Museum explores all sides of marijuana

Oakland Museum explores all sides of marijuana

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An employee holds one of several strains of medical marijuana sold at a dispensary in downtown Los Angeles on Monday afternoon, Feb. 29, 2016. ; Credit: Maya Sugarman/KPCC

California pot advocates are hoping an initiative to legalize recreational marijuana will make it on to the state ballot come November And if you’re looking for background on weed,  the Oakland Museum of California will soon be able to help. They’ll be opening a new exhibit entitled Altered State: Marijuana in California.  Sarah Seiter  is the Associate Curator of Natural Sciences with the Oakland Museum of California.  

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