Black Entrepreneurs Are 'Going Green' With Cannabis Companies
Black Entrepreneurs Are 'Going Green' With Cannabis Companies On 3/11/21 at 11:30 AM EST The marijuana industry is booming, and the resulting surge has also seen more Black-owned cannabis companies sprouting up in recent years. Though lack of diversity remains a serious problem in the field, companies like San Francisco's MD Numbers provide some much-needed representation. These Black entrepreneurs and others hope to write a new chapter in the story of America's "war on drugs," which has disproportionately punished people of color. Marie Montmarquet (L) and Allen Hackett, owners of cannabis c...