Jan 31, 2022 | Business, Cannabis
Mercedes C. Young is an entrepreneur in every sense of the word. She holds the titles of actress, television writer and producer, children’s book author, and serial entrepreneur. While writing a book, acting in roles, and producing, she started a cannabis...
Jan 24, 2022 | Business, Cannabis, Detroit, Entrepreneurship
Terry Willis, founder of TerryWorldWide.Com, started his Detroit-based business in 2010 and works closely with Home Depot to supply various construction materials. Now the entrepreneur is taking a close look at adding a cannabis line of business in Detroit to his...
Dec 6, 2021 | Business, Cannabis
Nationwide, Black people were 3.6 times more likely than white people to be arrested for marijuana possession in 2018, despite similar usage rates, according to a 2020 American Civil Liberty Union report. At the same time, the U.S. cannabis industry was and still is...
Nov 1, 2021 | Cannabis, Entrepreneurship
It’s no secret that African Americans and Latinos have borne the brunt of the war on drugs, facing far higher arrest and incarceration rates than Whites. So as annual U.S. sales of legal marijuana head toward $43 billion by 2025, it’s a cruel irony that the...
Oct 18, 2021 | Cannabis, Entrepreneurship
Peter Labat and his wife Venia are a bit bemused, but also excited, to be among a group of around 2,000 budding marijuana entrepreneurs slated to participate in the first-ever Black CannaCon in late November at the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center. Since starting...
Oct 11, 2021 | Cannabis, Entrepreneurship
Peter Labat and his wife Venia are somewhat amused, but also excited to be part of a group of roughly 2,000 budding marijuana entrepreneurs who will attend the first-ever Black CannaCon at the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center in late November. Ever since they...
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