As more and more states begin to legalize recreational cannabis and expand the medical marijuana sector, many Americans are taking advantage of new entrepreneurial and business opportunities to cash in on the revenue. However, despite the new legal market, many Black entrepreneurs and professionals have struggled to get their start within the industry that continues to be dominated by white men. One Maryland man created a new platform aimed at increasing diversity and inclusion within the state’s emerging cannabis market.
Kevin Ford is the CEO of Uplift Maryland, a new platform to provide training and resources for Black people looking to get into the medical marijuana sector. Ford says he got the idea after exploring medical markets in other legalized states and his own experience in using medical marijuana. “While I was studying marketing in college, I took an interest in the medical cannabis markets in California and Colorado.
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