DENVER (CBS4) – Since the legalization of marijuana in Colorado in 2012, the cannabis industry has become a very profitable endeavor for everyone involved. Getting a share of those profits isn’t easy though.
Shanda Lacompt knows how hard it is. She just started her delivery service Canna Couriers.
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“It’s a lot to get into the cannabis industry,” she says. “The fees, the applications, there’s a lot to it.”
Like many women and persons of color, there were a lot of financial and bureaucratic barriers preventing her from starting her business. Fortunately, she had help from the City of Denver’s Marijuana Social Equity program.
It’s a program designed to help women and persons of color, who were disproportionately affected by the war on drugs, overcome barriers to entry that might prevent them from starting their own cannabis business. Denver Mayor Michael Hancock says when women and persons of color succeed, so does Denver.
“We’ve got to turn our face to women and minority businesses and create opportunities that will give them opportunities to get into the market,” he says.
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Saturday the City hosted a resource fair to answer questions budding entrepreneurs had, and hopefully inspire people to get involved in the cannabis industry.
“It is very important as the industry…
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DENVER (CBS4) – Since the legalization of marijuana in Colorado in 2012, the cannabis industry has become a very profitable endeavor for everyone involved. Getting a share of those profits isn’t easy though.
Shanda Lacompt knows how hard it is. She just started her delivery service Canna Couriers.
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“It’s a lot to get into the cannabis industry,” she says. “The fees, the applications, there’s a lot to it.”
Like many women and persons of color, there were a lot of financial and bureaucratic barriers preventing her from starting her business. Fortunately, she had help from the City of Denver’s Marijuana Social Equity program.
It’s a program designed to help women and persons of color, who were disproportionately affected by the war on drugs, overcome barriers to entry that might prevent them from starting their own cannabis business. Denver Mayor Michael Hancock says when women and persons of color succeed, so does Denver.
“We’ve got to turn our face to women and minority businesses and create opportunities that will give them opportunities to get into the market,” he says.
READ MORE: Bear Captured Frolicking In The Snow At Roxborough State Park
Saturday the City hosted a resource fair to answer questions budding entrepreneurs had, and hopefully inspire people to get involved in the cannabis industry.
“It is very important as the industry…