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New York cannabis store licenses look to undo stigma placed on former convicts

Por: ABC News Nation May 21, 2023

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When Roland Conner was a teenager in the 1990s, he was imprisoned on a marijuana-related charge.Conner told ABC News that he struggled with the stigma of that criminal record for a long time, but recently his past has helped him and his family in a major way. In January, Conner opened Smacked! Village in Manhattan and became the first Black-owned legal cannabis store in New York City.It was surreal because a lot of the time you try to hide your... + full article



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