Smoked Out

By Latino USA

As the push to legalize marijuana continues, what are the consequences on communities of color?

This week we hear about the growing pains of the legal weed industry. With small business owners and wealthy private investors looking to get in on the profits, what will happen as laws continue to change? We explore how the drug war affects communities of color, follow the racialized history of weed and discuss why the legal industry today is mostly white. And finally, what happens when you open an edibles business in college?

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