Is the Marijuana Industry a White Industry?
Is the business of cannabis for all of us?
Don't believe the hype. Los Angeles has more dispensaries than the entire state of Colorado. And L.A.'s population is nearly three-fourths minority. So if California fully legalizes marijuana in November under Proposition 64, the city is poised to become America's pot capital again, at least in the eyes of a national media enamored with Denver's nascent weed culture.
But if L.A. is to retake its throne and California, where Latinos comprise the largest racial or ethnic group, is to resume its role as the nation's marijuana darling, where are the culture's minority entrepreneurs?
The Drug Policy Alliance estimates that only about one percent of weed business owners are people of color. At the same time, 70 to 80 percent of marijuana-related arrests nationwide happen "in communities of color," according to the group.
Tomorrow a group of marijuana advocates and...
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