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The group says Oregon's Department of Human Services (DHS) initially accepted its offer, but had a change of heart because of its affiliation with the pot business.
Lindsey Jacobsen, the executive director of Women Leaders in Cannabis in Eugene, told KATU the group is “a nonprofit trade organization based on philanthropy."
At the beginning of the month, Jacobsen said the group of nearly 30 pot industry business leaders decided to give back for Thanksgiving by collecting food for the needy.
"The first place I reached out to was the Department of Human Services,” said Jacobsen, “because when I was in high school I was in Future Business Leaders of America and we did the same type of program and that's who we worked...
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