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.
Virginia did this too. Their appeasement was those who got arrested and put in jail have first priority in getting the insanely expensive license lmao
Yeah I just got out of prison for a bullshit charge I totally have the money to start a small business and pay you guys thousands of dollars.
It's literally only a way to say sorry to rich white kids who got made examples of