Tahir Johnson, a third-generation native of Ewing Township, N.J., received a blunt warning from his mother during his coming-of-age years in the late 1990s on the north side of Trenton. “Be careful driving while Black,” his mom, Carolyn Watson Johnson, used to tell him and his brothers. https://www.cannabisbusinesstimes.com/news/tahir-johnson-simply-pure-black-history/?utm_campaign=Cannabis+Business+Times+Newsletter&utm_source=02%2f23%2f2023+-+&utm_medium=email&utm_term=https%3a%2f%2fwww.cannabisbusinesstimes.com%2fNews%2ftahir-johnson-simply-pure-black-history&utm_content=451723&isid=7C979E
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South Carolina Lawmaker Files ‘420 Day’ Bill To Require Annual Marijuana Pardons On Cannabis Holiday
South Carolina lawmaker JA Moore has proposed legislation to create “420 Day”. The measure would direct the state Department of Probation, Parole and Pardon Services to provide relief to at least 20 percent of those who’ve completed their sentence for simple marijuana possession every year on April 20.
Man Serving Life In Prison for $20 Cannabis Sale Gets Chance at Freedom Under New Louisiana Law
Kevin O’Brien Allen, a 39-year-old Louisiana man serving life in prison without parole after being arrested for selling $20 worth of cannabis to a police informant, has a legitimate shot at freedom under a state law passed last year. Can’t America do better than this? https://www.ganjapreneur.com/man-serving-life-in-prison-for-20-cannabis-sale-gets-chance-at-freedom-under-new-louisiana-law
Amazon workers fired for cannabis use can reapply for jobs
Amazon seems to be getting more and more engaged with cannabis and especially with issues related to fairness and, in particular, with respect to its own actions and employees. https://finance.yahoo.com/news/amazon-reconsiders-worker-cannabis-marijuana-screening-142918217.html
Entertainers and athletes double down on Presidential request for mass cannabis pardons
Over 150 influencers, advocates. politicians, and experts, including Drake are urging President Biden to deliver on his promise to pardon all non-violent cannabis offenders. https://www.leafly.com/news/politics/entertainers-athletes-double-down-on-biden
The cannabis industry is booming, but for many Black Americans the price of entry is steep
Cannabis is booming. US sales topped $18bn last year and the industry currently accounts for 321,000 full-time jobs across 37 states. Cannabis is also creating jobs faster than any other industry in the US. But for many Black Americans – who are close to four times as likely to be arrested for cannabis charges as white people …
CANNABIS DECRIMINALIZED IN NEW ORLEANS, PARDONS 10,000 CANNABIS CONVICTIONS
The New Orleans City Council has passed a series of articles to pardon cannabis-related charges and effectively decriminalize cannabis. By unanimous vote the city council also pardoned an estimated 10,000 people. The city is also making an effort to work with the NOPD to end the war on weed – freeing the department to focus more …
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Black Entrepreneurs in Cannabis Industry Push for a Piece of the Profits
Black people comprise only a small percentage of those profiting from the burgeoning legalized pot market, according to state data. Public initiatives and private funds, like one started by Jay-Z, aim to boost minority participation. https://www.wsj.com/video/series/in-depth-features/black-entrepreneurs-in-cannabis-industry-push-for-a-piece-of-the-profits/D36458C9-EF9B-43E7-8441-52175B2DE271
Snoop Dogg on Who Should (and Shouldn’t) Benefit From Cannabis Boom
Cannabis entrepreneur, Snoop Dogg, opines about federal legalization and why “the people who were actually there before it was legal” should be the ones to profit from the industry boom. “Not the big billionaire companies that come in and buy up all the licenses and then make us slave for them for something that we …
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