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In New York State, the law on cannabis has residents in firecracker

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The priority granted by the authorities to entrepreneurs from minorities in access to this new and lucrative business of legal marijuana does not only make people happy.





Par Alexis BuissonAt New York

Roland Conner, owner of the Smacked Dispensary, an over-the-counter cannabis store, in New York on January 24, 2023. He served time in prison in the 1990s for possession of marijuana.
Roland Conner, owner of the Smacked Dispensary, an over-the-counter cannabis store, in New York on January 24, 2023. He served time in prison in the 1990s for possession of marijuana.
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LThe snacks came out, the joints too. It’s 6 p.m. and the party is just getting started on the twelfth floor of this Manhattan building. This Friday, January 20, dozens of cannabis professionals are meeting at Work’n’Roll, a coworking space and incubator reserved for women entrepreneurs in the sector, to celebrate the Chinese New Year and network.

The event is organized by the Asian Cannabis Roundtable (ACR), an association that brings together Asian cannabis professionals. “There are plenty of such events. For blacks, Hispanics, Asians…”, enumerates a participant in the elevator, from which emerges an aroma of marie-jeanne.

The latter are determined to find a place for themselves in this market which could weigh more than 7 billion dollars in…


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