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Connecticut Plans to Give Minorities Priority in Cannabis Industry
The first meeting of Connecticut’s Social Equity Council took place Thursday and the group will help decide who may take part in its cannabis industry.
Several legislators worked to ensure “social equity” was included in the legalization of recreational marijuana and want its legalization to “offset some of the damage done by the war on drugs,” WTNH reported.
“And it did more than fail, it harmed, incarcerated generations of predominantly Black and brown people,” State Treasurer Sean Wooden commented.
Members of those communities should be first in line regarding permits in the cannabis industry, according to the WTNH report.
“We’ll finally have, within the community of Black and brown, a way to wealth creation. I think this is the opportunity to truly see the 40-acres and a mule of our ancestors,” Joseph Williams, UConn Small Business Development Center, stated.
According to its website, the council was created to ensure “the adult-use cannabis program is grown equitably, and ensures that funds from the adult-use cannabis program are brought back to the communities hit hardest by the ‘war on drugs.'”
www.breitbart.com
The first meeting of Connecticut’s Social Equity Council took place Thursday and the group will help decide who may take part in its cannabis industry.
Several legislators worked to ensure “social equity” was included in the legalization of recreational marijuana and want its legalization to “offset some of the damage done by the war on drugs,” WTNH reported.
“And it did more than fail, it harmed, incarcerated generations of predominantly Black and brown people,” State Treasurer Sean Wooden commented.
Members of those communities should be first in line regarding permits in the cannabis industry, according to the WTNH report.
“We’ll finally have, within the community of Black and brown, a way to wealth creation. I think this is the opportunity to truly see the 40-acres and a mule of our ancestors,” Joseph Williams, UConn Small Business Development Center, stated.
According to its website, the council was created to ensure “the adult-use cannabis program is grown equitably, and ensures that funds from the adult-use cannabis program are brought back to the communities hit hardest by the ‘war on drugs.'”
Connecticut Plans to Give Minorities Priority in Cannabis Industry
Connecticut's Social Equity Council met Thursday and the group will help decide who may take part in its cannabis industry.
www.breitbart.com
