Black and brown business owners getting millions to kickstart businesses in the cannabis industry
and last updated 2021-05-28 13:47:04-04
DENVER, Colo. â More Black and brown people have criminal records for possessing or selling marijuana, but as more states legalize cannabis, those same people make up a small percentage of business owners in the industry.
For the families who lived through this very scenario, itâs painful and tough to overcome.
âMy dad served 21 years in prison for something that people are making billions of dollars off of every single year,â said Arzelle Lewis, a Denver entrepreneur, who is now trying to get into the cannabis industry himself.