As someone from SoCal, and from as a PoC from a rough neighborhood affected by the war on drugs. I remember when legalization began, the law said they would have a place for for those affected by the war on drugs to get into the cannabis market. It has been the exact opposite it's still inaccessible!
In order to get the license which is like a liquor license, you have to front over $10K then if you qualify for the waiver the state will reimburse you. No one from these hoods has $10K+ lying around yo do this. Hence why the cannabis market is so white and bourgeois.
And then to read this, it just angers me.
Also the problematic shit went deep. There were tons of libertarian types who saw the wealth they made as an opportunity to exploit farm hands in super gross ways. Like hiring only women to trim half naked and shit. These things happened all over the place and was always targeted at the really desperate people who would flock to nearby towns from farming hubs to the money.
The disgusting misogyny turned me off so fast. I will not put up with that and really enjoyed watching those ppl fail.