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Activists Say Black And Brown Chicagoans Are Being Ignored In Cannabis Dispensary Licensing
The lottery for licenses to run cannabis dispensaries in Illinois is set to happen in the next few weeks.
Gov. JB Pritzker vows there will be social equity as far as who gets those licenses. But several minority leaders call that an empty promise, and say Black and Brown Chicagoans are being ignored.
“It makes no sense that again, in 2020, Governor Pritzker, you have a Black lieutenant governor, you have a Black mayor of Chicago, you have a Black drug czar overseeing the marijuana industry here in Illinois, but you don’t have any Black-owned marijuana dispensaries?” said community activist Tio Hardiman.
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