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The HONORABLE SKJ said:
:ohhh: it some racial fukkery going on?

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Currently black people control and operate 1% of the dispensaries in America.
In states like Colorado where marijuana is decriminalized/legalized, black and brown people still make up a disprorotionate percentage of those arrested and charged with marijuana possession.

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Meet the First Black Woman to Own a Marijuana Dispensary in Colorado
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Wanda James has worn many hats in the past few decades as a corporate executive, serial entrepreneur, commissioned military officer, restauranteur, and member of President Obama’s national finance committee, but her most impressive triumph? Becoming the first and only Black woman in Colorado to own a marijuana dispensary. Fueled by the injustice she witnessed within the Black community and the many African American men and women whose lives were changed for the worst after being labeled a felon for simple possession (while there are Caucasian men making millions off of the plant in other parts of the country), she set out to open Simply Pure dispensary in Denver, Colorado, and is still working tirelessly to change the perception of recreational marijuana. Since it is 4/20, it was only right that we caught up with the woman who proudly calls herself a “stiletto stoner.” The wealth of information she dropped left me completely amazed, to say the least.
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A billion-dollar industry, a racist legacy: being black and growing pot in America
Blunt Talk: The Racist Origins of Pot Prohibition
Why Black People Are Being Left Out of the Weed Boom

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Editor’s note: This is part 2 in an ongoing series that looks at the growing legal marijuana industry and its effect on the black community.


Zulu, a Maryland resident who calls himself the African Herbalist, sells marijuana on the black market. The 32-year-old is using a pseudonym to avoid being picked up for breaking the law in his home state and in the District of Columbia, where he delivers loose weed, edibles, oils and rubs to customers who call him. But Zulu says he’d much rather be in the business legally.


“This is my passion. This is something I could do every day with no worries,” says Zulu, who works at a bar in Northwest Washington, D.C. But he tried and failed to get in on the legal ground floor in Maryland when the state was putting together rules for its legal medical-marijuana industry.

“There are so many restrictions and rules, it was virtually too hard for just anyone to get the license,” Zulu says. “You need to know someone or know somebody upfront—and that makes it hard for small businesses.”


Zulu says he had a business plan for what he hoped would be a small caregiver-collective dispensary, but he did not have the $2,000 initial grower-application fee or $250,000 biennial grower-license fee required under step one of the two-step application process; nor did he have the $1,000 initial dispensary application fee, or the $80,000 biennial dispensary-licensing fee required under Maryland’s process. In a good week, Zulu says, he makes about $400 from marijuana, but in a bad week it can be as little as $20 because he gives away some products to those who need them and to the homeless he sees on the district’s streets.

In Maryland, No Licenses for Black Businesses
Earlier this month, the Natalie M. LaPrade Maryland Medical Cannabis Commission awarded stage-one license preapprovals to 15 growers and 15 processors. None of the companies on tap for what are likely to be lucrative growing licenses is led by African Americans.


“I think small guys were definitely not welcome to this game,” says Zulu, who says his primary reason for selling marijuana is to help senior citizens like his mother and others find relief from the pain of arthritis, eczema and other ailments. His products include everything from topical ointments for joint pain and skin problems, to a painkilling tincture for a friend suffering from cancer. “We know how to help … but … the people who got licenses were ex-cops and ex-political officials.”

The Washington Post reports that of the 144 companies that applied for the 15 growing licenses in Maryland, 26 had political ties, at least 30 had law-enforcement ties and 47 had ties to out-of-state corporations.


The diversity, or lack thereof, in the marijuana industry has been a concern for advocates nationwide. The law in Maryland, a state that is nearly one-third black, says regulators should “actively seek to achieve” racial and ethnic diversity in the industry. But a letter from the state’s attorney general’s office says it would be unconstitutional to consider an applicant’s race or ethnicity in the award of a license. Maryland’s Legislative Black Caucus chairwoman, Del. Cheryl Glenn (D-Baltimore), says she is considering ways to urge the commission named after her mother to award more licenses to companies owned by people of color.


Medical marijuana is legal in 25 states and in Washington, D.C., and recreational sales are allowed in four states—Colorado, Washington, Oregon and Alaska. Growth and possession of recreational weed is allowed in D.C., as well, and laws legalizing pot are on the ballot this fall in nine states. California, Nevada, Arizona, Massachusetts and Maine are considering recreational-marijuana laws, while Florida and Arkansas are among states considering medical-marijuana programs. But an investigation by BuzzFeed estimates that only about 1 percent of the nation’s more than 3,500 marijuana dispensaries are owned by African Americans.

“It’s disappointing that the very people impacted the most by this part of the war on drugs are not now able to participate in what is now the legal regulated world,” says attorney Christian Sederberg. He’s with the so-called Marijuana Law Firm in Colorado, where weed is legal. “And it’s not just because of criminal backgrounds, but because these businesses in some states have high barriers to entry: lots of money, huge infrastructure costs and political connections. It’s not that no people of color have those, but it’s a classic American sort of new industry dominated by white men.”

The High Cost of Doing Weed Business
In Colorado the initial licensing fee to open a retail store is $3,000, but in New Jersey it is $20,000. Many applicants cannot meet the start-up capital requirements, which vary from $150,000 in Arizona to $250,000 in liquid assets as a prerequisite in Nevada.



In New York, where the registration fee alone was $200,000 when the medical-marijuana program went online this year, the average applicant likely spent millions. The cannabis-business advising firm 4FrontAdvisors told MarketWatch the total capital and operating costs of New York dispensaries will be somewhere between $15 million and $30 million for each of the five companies granted operating licenses in the first year.

But people like Adam Bierman, co-founder and CEO of the California-based cannabis-management company MedMen, say costs such as those for New York make sense for states trying to make sure that those who get into this business actually know what they are doing.
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As Marijuana Becomes Legal, The Legacy of Structural Racism Still Haunts Many
America's Whites-Only Weed Boom
 
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Nothing wrong with estrogen. Maybe it will reduce prostrate cancer and male patterned baldness in black men.
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The government is focused on population control . What better way to do that then legalize weed that's sprayed with all kinds of shyt. Then they can run around and get paid off the remedy to the illlness they started in the first place. And the whiteman gets paid off of all of this (Kanye tone)

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This is nonsense. Increased adipose increases estrogen though. If your a fat ass and typing this, you have bigger things to worry about.
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If you are a CAC and typing this, you would want our brothers and sister smoking shyt with chemicals sprayed all over it. It's obvious you didn't watch the damn video

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When growing Cannabis, just like many other plants, it takes time, patience and skill to flourish. Things get tougher when spider mites, ants, rodents, and fungi are posing a threat to your crop.

Pesticides are chemicals that kill weeds and other vermin. They can be harmful for humans, too. In fact, according to a study published in the Journal of Toxicology, 70 percent of the pesticides sprayed on a bud of cannabis can transfer to inhaled smoke going straight to your lungs.

Pesticide bans have taken a large blow to numerous companies over recent months in the form of recalls in places like Denver, Colorado. Since cannabis is federally illegal, there's no way to certify a cannabis grow as organic. However. the mile high city has banned pesticides and continues to enforce the initiative to clean up what's going into the lungs of their citizens. Products ranging from concentrates to edibles have been taken off the shelves after being found with traces of harmful pesticides, posing a risk to the health of patients and cannabis consumers.

Pesticides can have extremely harmful effects to humans and other living things, producing dangerous side effects like cancer, liver damage, and weakened muscle function just to name a few.
And since cannabis is illegal on the federal level, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) does not regulate it.

So unlike legal produce like fruits and vegetables, marijuana farmers cannot be certified organic growers, which in turn lowers the standard for what the general public consumes.

Unfortunately, it’s nearly impossible to decipher between pesticide and non-pesticide laced cannabis from its appearance. The best way to avoid these nasty chemicals is by getting your herb from a trusted source.

Here are five pesticides sometimes found in cannabis and the effects that they can have when they are consumed:

Myclobutanil

Myclobutanil is an active ingredient in the Eagle 20 pesticide brand, which prevents brown patch and dollar spot in established turf, ornamental plants, and certain fruits. This fungicide is considered “slightly hazardous” by the World Health Organization, due to its potential for nervous system problems and toxic fumes.

Exposure to Myclobutanil can result in symptoms like allergic dermatitis, vomiting, itchiness, nausea, headache, skin rash, nosebleed, and eye irritation. A two-generation study on rats found that Myclobutanil decreased pup weight gain, and increased incidence of stillborn.

Imidacloprid

The World Health Organization (WHO) refers to Imidacloprid as a moderately hazardous insecticide. According to the National Pesticide Information Center (NPIC), this ingredient in Confidor and Gaucho pesticide brands is moderately toxic if ingested or inhaled, but because of the way it binds to cells, it’s much more harmful to insects than it is to mammals.

The signs and symptoms from Imidacloprid poisoning are similar to nicotinic poisoning, which include fatigue, cramps, muscle weakness, and twitching.

Avermectin

Avermectin is an insecticide found in Lucid and Avid pesticide brands. The Pesticide Action Network (PAN) lists Avermectin as a “Bad Actor,” while Avid labels claim that it’s harmful if inhaled.” When given doses that were also toxic to the mothers, Abamectin produced cleft palate in the offspring of treated mice and rabbits, showing that its effects are not healthy.

Etoxazole

This insecticide for ornamental and landscape plants is found in the TetraSan 5 WDG pesticide brand, and is not intended for being inhaled. A study exposed rats to a hefty amount of Etoxazole, and discovered that the livers of all of the subjects were enlarged. Although it’s not the most dangerous on the list, Etoxazole has no business being in anyone’s lungs.

Bifenazate

Bifenazate is a miticide found in the Floramite pesticide brand that helps control a handful of pests on ornamental plants, greenhouse tomatoes, and non-bearing fruit trees. Scientists found that over a 21 dermal study in rats, Bifenazate triggered a decrease in body weights and urinary volume, and caused extramedullary hematopoiesis in the spleen. While there haven’t been any tests on humans, it’s safe to assume that this miticide would cause more harm than good.
 
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