ShortHand: Rainbow Farm
How did a pro-cannabis campground in Cass County go from a certified ‘High Life’ stoner-utopia to an armed shootout with the FBI in just four years? And how did government pressure give way to a very real – and deadly – war on drugs?
Listen to this week’s ShortHand to find out!
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