Articles tagged with "diversity"

Los Angeles wants to ensure that a fair share of what’s expected to be a lucrative legal market belongs to those most affected by the drug war.

Racial diversity in the state’s medical marijuana industry is wanting, Some lawmakers said they are planning to introduce a bill early next session to grant licenses to African-American business owners.

Legislators nearly killed the best parts of the state’s legalization law. Then local activists stepped to help create a gold-standard set of regulations.

About 150 people in Los Angeles for what Assemblymember Reggie Jones-Sawyer called the “first of several” conversations about the launch of adult-use cannabis.

Legalization was billed as a great equalizer of racial injustice, but the system to arise out of I-502 has only reinforced age-old barriers.

The wait for medicinal cannabis in Maryland could be even longer after a medical marijuana company filed an emergency motion Monday.

Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan on Thursday ordered a study of the state’s developing medical cannabis industry to ensure opportunities for minority participation.

State of the Leaf is Leafly’s weekly roundup of legalization news from around the nation and the world.

“Less than 1 percent of the licenses held in the entire country are held by African Americans and other minorities,” one state lawmaker noted.

Patients demand a legal delivery option, and entrepreneurs want access for communities of color.