The UCBA, UFCW 770 and LA Cannabis Task Force (and their association leaders in Los Angeles) organized a call to arms Monday June 19. The revolution was destined to start at the Los Angeles Athletic Club because rush hour traffic and expensive parking makes the venue the most inaccessible part of downtown for the public. The purpose of the workshop was to create a new “hostile” coalition to speak out against the city council’s new proposed cannabis regulations.
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Chances for African Americans to Benefit in Budding Cannabis Industry Go up in Smoke
African American Californians are looking forward to having a stake in the state’s medicinal and the adult recreational-use cannabis industry as dispensary owners are being locked out of the big cannabis business machine once it revs up in 2018.
As a devoted member of the Minority Cannabis Business Association and one of the few African Americans in the cannabis industry, I want to bring attention to the dilemma facing African American entrepreneurs – in Los Angeles especially – in the wake of Prop 64’s passing last November, which legalized adult-use of cannabis beginning in 2018.