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Week In Review: Airbnb Regulations, Marijuana Legalization Update, AG Healey Sues Purdue Pharma

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The Airbnb website. (Jesse Costa/WBUR)
The Airbnb website. (Jesse Costa/WBUR)

We look at the Boston City Council vote to regulate short-term rentals featured on platforms like Airbnb and HomeAway, the lack of marijuana retail licenses being issued, and Attorney General Maura Healey's decision to sue Purdue Pharma for their alleged role in the opioid epidemic.

Guests

Joe Battenfeld, political columnist at the Boston Herald and host of "Battenfeld" on Boston Herald Radio. He tweets @joebattenfeld.

John Carroll, professor of communication at Boston University and senior analyst for WBUR. He tweets @johncarroll_bu.

This segment aired on June 15, 2018.

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