As more states move towards legalizing marijuana and more people enter the lucrative market to become suppliers many are questioning efforts to diversify the ranks. And now Maryland is at the center of a brewing controversy. There’s been an alarming lack of diversity in Maryland’s medical marijuana industry and African-American business owners are still on the losing end of an opportunity to win licenses and open dispensaries after lawmakers created a plan to award white business owners who are already leading the pack, according to the Baltimore Sun.
Source: How Maryland shuts down Black entrepreneurs from obtaining marijuana licenses
