Angeliki Kastanis

Associated Press

Making Sense of Messy Data

Angeliki Kastanis, data reporter at the Associated Press, recently explored what legalized pot means for medical users. Here, she describes some of the challenges of telling that story with the data available.

Aug. 7, 2019, 4:03 p.m. EDT

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