Black Cannabis Equity Initiative Discusses New Colorado Pot PlansPosted by On


Righting the wrongs of the War on Drugs is an enormous task, but one that Colorado’s legal cannabis industry is willing to take on, given the grim statistics. Black Coloradans are two times more likely to be arrested for marijuana offenses than white Coloradans, and only 7 percent of the state’s cannabis business owners are people of color, according to the Black Cannabis Equity Initiative, which wants to change that.

In a Zoom meeting on November 19, officials from Denver, Aurora and the state discussed policy changes that will affect the marijuana industry in 2021. The virtual gathering also offered a platform where cannabis industry members, social equity stakeholders and community representatives could discuss their hopes for social equity.

John Bailey, founder of the Black Cannabis Equity Initiative, opened the meeting by emphasizing the importance of social equity in the cannabis industry. “I believe the reason we don’t know what social equity looks like as a society is because we’ve never seen it,” he said. “The cannabis industry is no exception.”

But that could be changing. Referencing musician Gil Scott-Heron, Bailey explained: “If any of you have ever listened to Gil Scott-Heron, there was an album called Winter in America, and on the cover was a clock, Big Ben, and the time on that clock was 12:01, the first minute of a new day.”

Ean Seeb, special advisor…

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