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The group says Oregon's Department of Human Services (DHS) accepted its offer at first, but changed its mind due to the group's involvement in the pot business.
Lindsey Jacobsen, the executive director of Women Leaders in Cannabis, told KATU News that the group is “a nonprofit trade organization based on philanthropy."
Jacobsen said the group – consisting of about 30 pot industry business leaders – wanted to collect food and donate it to the needy.
"The first place I reached out to was the Department of Human Services because when I was in high school I was in Future Business Leaders of America and we did...
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