The Unbearable Whiteness of the Marijuana Industry

Blacks got hit hardest under marijuana prohibition, but it’s mainly white guys dominating the legal weed scene in Colorado. Wanda James is the only black legal cannabis dispensary owner in the state of Colorado and she has held that distinction for a long time. While being black makes her the exception in the nation’s most robust legal cannabis economy, James is beyond exceptional for any industry—she is a former Navy Lieutenant who was appointed to work on President Obama’s National Finance Committee as well as Colorado Governor Hickenlooper’s Amendment 64 Task Force. She and her husband have owned popular restaurants in the Los Angeles and Denver areas for nearly two decades and she has headed a handful of successful ventures in the cannabis industry. “Unfortunately […] Read More