Op - Ed
February 2, 2016
Big Marijuana industry puts pressure on lawmakers, public opinion mixed at best
By Julia Purdy
Writer-investigative journalist Upton Sinclair authored “The Jungle,” a fictionalized exposé of the toxic, unregulated underbelly of the Chicago meat-packing industry. That and other revelations of corruption in the early 20th century led directly to the Pure Food and Drug Act and the…