The Hard Truth of the marijuana industry

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🗓️ 19 June 2021

⏱️ 15 minutes

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The latest episode of our Hard Truths series examining systemic racism in America takes a look at the multi-billion dollar marijuana industry. Today: the obstacles that two Black Latinas had to overcome when they chose to start their own businesses in the overwhelmingly white marijuana industry. Guest: Chanda Macias, CEO of Ilera Holistic Healthcare, and Women Grow and Gia Morón, CEO of GVM Communications and president of Women Grow. Credits: "Axios Today" is produced in partnership with Pushkin Industries. This episode was produced by Nuria Marquez Martinez and edited by Alexandra Botti. Alex Sugiura is our sound engineer. Special thanks to Axios Denver reporter John Frank, Axios Executive Editor Sara Kehaulani Goo, Hard Truths Editor Michele Salcedo, and Executive Producer Dan Bobkoff. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:34.5	Hi, I'm Naila Boudou of Axios Today.
0:37.1	And welcome to our special Saturday Hardtruth Edition,
0:40.2	examining systemic racism in the US.
0:43.2	Today, the obstacles to Black Latinas had to overcome
0:47.5	when they chose to start their own businesses
0:49.5	in the overwhelmingly white marijuana industry.
0:57.0	In 2018, almost 700,000 people in the US
1:01.0	were charged for possession of marijuana.
1:03.5	Black people were almost four times more likely
1:06.2	to be arrested for possession than white people.
1:08.8	Despite the fact that both groups
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