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Opportunity amid the Green Rush has not been shared equally. According to a
Marijuana Business Dailysurvey, 4.3% of marijuana business owners and founders are Black, compared with the 81% that are white.
Enter Al Harrington s Viola Brands.
Since founding Viola Brands in 2011, Harrington, a former NBA player, has been at the forefront of the conversation around racial equity in the cannabis industry. The company s approach has been wide-ranging, from trying to support minority owners in need of capital for a startup (particularly important since banks won t give loans for federally illegal products) to speaking with politicians in Washington, D.C., about restorative justice legislation.