New York Cannabis Store Licenses Look To Undo Stigma Placed On Former Convicts

State’s program giving many a second chance.

When Roland Conner was a teenager in the 1990s, he was imprisoned on a marijuana-related charge.

Conner told ABC News that he struggled with the stigma of that criminal record for a long time, but recently his past has helped him and his family in a major way. In January, Conner opened Smacked! Village in Manhattan and became the first Black-owned legal cannabis store in New York City.

– Read the entire article at ABC News.

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