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Long Beach’s cannabis industry lacks diversity—two men are determined to change that - Long Beach Business Journal After forming a nonprofit to represent marginalized entrepreneurs looking to enter the cannabis industry, Cruz and his business partner developed an ambitious plan to provide them with business development support.

H**p bill leaves some cops unable to enforce ma*****na laws in Georgia A h**p farming bill that passed the Georgia General Assembly won't help police enforce ma*****na laws, according to law enforcement agencies. Police will remain unable to differentiate between ma*****na and h**p.

🗞"Solonje Burnett, co-founder of cannabis immersive education and advocacy platform Humble Bloom, is making it her mission to equalize the cannabis industry"

- by Venesa Coger
Refinery29

Meet The Black "Cannavist" Challenging W**d Stigma During The COVID-19 Pandemic Solonje Burnett, co-founder of marketing firm Humble Bloom, is making it her mission to equalize the cannabis industry. We talked to the cannabis advocate about ways women can utilize the plant and how she's been challenging stigma during the coronavirus pandemic.

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"Harrington, now CEO of cannabis company Viola Brands, said one of the ways he'll achieve the mission to help 100 Black people through an incubator program that allows black market cannabis products to turn legitimate with the help of his company."

Al Harrington, CEO of ViolaBrand

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Former NBA forward Al Harrington wants to make 100 Black individuals millionaires through the cannabis business Former New York Knicks forward Al Harrington is helping Black entrepreneurs enter the cannabis sector through an incubator partnership with his company, Viola Brands.

Meet Hope Wiseman

🗞In 2018 - "'I’ve dealt with people underestimating me in every situation my whole life being a black woman,' Wiseman said. 'As women we tend to get underestimated, especially me as a 25-year-old.'"
- Article by Elijah C. Watson, from Okayplayer

https://www.okayplayer.com/originals/hope-wiseman-youngest-black-dispensary-owner-mary-main.html

Essence , 2019:❤👏🏽

With Mary & Main, This Entrepreneur Charts An Unconventional Path In The Cannabis Industry For this week's Best & Black Owned, dispensary owner Hope Wiseman digs into what it takes to be a Black woman in the cannabis business.

🗞“'We don’t want to have folks be sharecroppers in this business,' he [Ald. Walter Burnetts] said at the time.

The Black Caucus, upset with the lack of minority participation in Illinois’ nascent w**d industry..."

Article about Dispensary 33

In Rush To Open Pot Shops In West Loop, This Dispensary Takes Alderman’s Advice — And Hires A Black Partner Gené Moreno, managing director at the Turner Group, has joined Dispensary33 as an equity partner. The company now hopes to open a new dispensary on Randolph.

Why are you seeing cannabis/CBD products being sold in many stores, even in non-legal states?

It's H**p from the cannabis plant, which was legalized in 2018 under the 2018 Farm Bill.

H**p is CBD Dominant (benefits with no high) while Ma*****na contains CBD + THC (the psychoactive properties that causes a high).

Learn more about the legalization of H**p.

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H**p Production and the 2018 Farm Bill Testimony: Amy Abernethy, Md, Phd., FDA Office of the Commissioner, Before the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, 7/25/19