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Legacy Cannabis Professionals – Part 1

Get to know “legacy” operators and their points of view, some anonymous, some public, regarding their experiences in the traditional, or legacy cannabis markets. This edition features Dustin Hoxworth (“DH”) of Atlanta, Georgia. Dustin’s shares his thoughts on corporate cannabis and stories about the highs and lows from the traditional market. He and his friend were robbed at gunpoint, and witnessed many of the harms of the war on drugs first and secondhand. Dustin’s father and much of his family were veterans who found relief from PTSD through using cannabis.

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Trying to Appeal to Phantom ‘New Cannabis Users’ is Killing Marijuana Megabrands

Do not get it twisted, we aren’t saying that there is no such thing as a ‘new cannabis user’, or that they should be ignored by the market, but counting on them to carry this crippled industry is foolish. There need to be options and education for all consumers, but as we are seeing play out in real-time here in Cali, banking on the phantom new cannabis user is a surefire way to kill a new cannabis brand.

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“They’ll Come Back with Their Cousins and Guns”: Racism in America’s Cannabis History and Why it Matters Today

Duck is back to talk about the elephant in the room. As he astutely points out in this much-needed piece, the roots of racism run deep in cannabis history, as they do in the history of soy, or corn, or other agricultural commodities. TOne big difference with weed, though, is that soy and corn busts didn’t upend communities of color for decades. The other big difference with weed is that WE have an opportunity to make right was has gone so wrong for so long.

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