The legal market has removed the threat of arrest, but brought with it a whole new set of challenges.
High fees and regulatory hoops have left many in the cannabis industry locked out of the legal marketplace.
A Florida-based company is now the nation’s largest weed corporation, leaving Black growers behind.
Coast to coast, the green rush is failing Black growers and entrepreneurs.
In the state’s cannabis industry, some businesses are less equal than others.
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Bryant Mitchell drove the 450 miles between Los Angeles and Guerneville twice a week, learning, among other facets of horticulture, how distillation practices could be applied to making marijuana concentrates. In time he would become a master grower.
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Oakland’s cannabis equity program may have gotten off to an awkward start, but it is spreading across the state and beyond.
Will the marijuana El Dorado bring new wealth to California and its inhabitants, or will it produce an historic buzz kill?