At first glance, the lure of permitting retail cannabis sales in cities across Orange County, California, seems compelling. A number of industry professionals see the county as an untapped market, while city governments are scrambling to generate more tax revenue in the wake of the pandemic. But though this may seem like a mutually beneficial economic victory, many citizens are concerned that legal cannabis retail will cause significant negative impacts on children and teenagers in their communities. “Marijuana is more normalized and glamorized than ever,” Kevin Sabet, president and CEO of Smart Approaches to Marijuana (SAM), a nonprofit organization dedicated to a health-first approach to marijuana policy, told The Epoch Times. “People might have voted for Prop 64 [2016’s Control, Regulate and Tax Adult Use of Marijuana Act], but it doesn’t mean that they voted to have pot in their own community.” The Epoch Times spoke with a leading authority on …