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ABC News(NEW YORK) -- When Roland Conner was a teenager in the 1990s, he was imprisoned on a marijuana-related charge. Conner told ABC News that he struggled with the stigma of that criminal record for a long time, but recently his past has helped him and his family in a major way. In January, Conner opened Smacked! Village in Manhattan and became the first Black-owned legal cannabis store in New York City. "It was surreal because a lot of the time you try to hide your past, especially when it's negative," he told ABC News Live. Conner's story is one that New York officials, cannabi...

ABC News(NEW YORK) -- When Roland Conner was a teenager in the 1990s, he was imprisoned on a marijuana-related charge. Conner told ABC News that he struggled with the stigma of that criminal record for a long time, but recently his past has helped him and his family in a major way. In January, Conner opened Smacked! Village in Manhattan and became the first Black-owned legal cannabis store in New York City. "It was surreal because a lot of the time you try to hide your past, especially when it's negative," he told ABC News Live. Conner's story is one that New York officials, cannabi...

(NEW YORK) -- When Roland Conner was a teenager in the 1990s, he was imprisoned on a marijuana-related charge. Conner told ABC News that he struggled with the stigma of that criminal record for a long time, but recently his past has helped him and his family in a major way. In January, Conner opened Smacked!

ABC News(NEW YORK) -- When Roland Conner was a teenager in the 1990s, he was imprisoned on a marijuana-related charge. Conner told ABC News that he struggled with the stigma of that criminal record for a long time, but recently his past has helped him and his family in a major way. In January, Conner opened Smacked! Village in Manhattan and became the first Black-owned legal cannabis store in New York City. "It was surreal because a lot of the time you try to hide your past, especially when it's negative," he told ABC News Live. Conner's story is one that New York officials, cannabi...

WBAL Radio 1090 AM - New York cannabis store licenses look to undo stigma placed on former convicts