// Definition
A California Department of Cannabis Control-funded academic research grant conducting ethnographic life-history interviews to document the historical geography of cannabis plant genetics in California during the modern war on drugs (1971-present).
// From the Episode
Led by Dr. Dominic Corva at CalPoly Humboldt with graduate assistant Caleb. The project uses IRB-protected ethnographic interviews with cultivators, breeders, and community figures across California regions. Key findings include the pattern of genetic globalization: building blocks (Mexican, Colombian, Thai, Afghan seeds) consolidating in California, being exported to Amsterdam by figures like David Watson, refined by Dutch seed banks, then returning to California. The project protects interviewee anonymity through rigorous academic protocols.