New York cannabis store licenses are looking to undo stigmas placed on former convicts.
In this Jan. 24, 2023, file photo, owner Roland Conner makes the first marijuana purchase from his son Darius at the opening of Smacked LLC, the first New York cannabis dispensary owned by a justice impacted individual in New York.When Roland Conner was a teenager in the 1990s, he was imprisoned on a marijuana-related charge.
"It was surreal because a lot of the time you try to hide your past, especially when it's negative," he told ABC News Live.Conner's story is one that New York officials, cannabis reform and criminal justice reform activists said can be replicated across the country to help the generations of Black Americans whose lives were marked by previous marijuana laws.
Arana Hankin-Biggers, president and co-founder of Union Square Travel Agency, speaks with ABC News' Mona Kosar Abdi.Dawson said customers buy cannabis products for recreational purposes and to treat health issues such as chronic pain. Hankin-Biggers told ABC News that it was just to set up this partnership, where half of the proceeds from the store go to the DOE Fund's projects.
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