Experts: Inclusion vital to cannabis business

Experts: Inclusion vital to cannabis business
By: Janice Francis-Smith
The Journal Record
June 14, 2021
Cannabis Equity and Economics was the topic for the June 11 edition of JR Now, as (clockwise) Interim Editor Joe Dowd spoke with Kevin Greene, Michael Fields and Dr. Bridget Williams on the subject.
Despite the rapid expansion of the medical marijuana business in Oklahoma, there are more Black and brown people imprisoned for selling cannabis on the street than there are heading the businesses now making huge sums from selling it in the current legalized environment.
Cannabis Equity and Economics was the topic for the June 11 edition of JR/Now. Interim Editor Joe Dowd spoke with Dr. Bridget Williams, owner of Green Harvest Heal; Kevin Greene, vice president of the Cleveland School of Cannabis; and Social Equity and Inclusion Consultant Michael Fields on the subject, pulling apart the complex reasons minority populations are underrepresented in the cannabis industry and what can be done about it.

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