{"id":10485,"date":"2024-10-21T19:34:48","date_gmt":"2024-10-21T19:34:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thecannabist.co\/2024\/10\/21\/opinion-could-kamala-harris-fix-colorados-cannabis-monopoly-problem\/136930\/"},"modified":"2024-10-21T19:34:48","modified_gmt":"2024-10-21T19:34:48","slug":"opinion-could-kamala-harris-fix-colorados-cannabis-monopoly-problem","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/opinion-could-kamala-harris-fix-colorados-cannabis-monopoly-problem\/","title":{"rendered":"Opinion: Could Kamala Harris fix Colorado&#8217;s cannabis monopoly problem?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"wp_fb_like_button\" style=\"margin:5px 0 5px 5px;float:right;height:100px;\"><script src=\"http:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/all.js#xfbml=1\"><\/script><fb:like href=\"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/opinion-could-kamala-harris-fix-colorados-cannabis-monopoly-problem\/\" send=\"true\" layout=\"standard\" width=\"450\" show_faces=\"false\" font=\"arial\" action=\"like\" colorscheme=\"light\"><\/fb:like><\/div><div class=\"media_block\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thecannabist.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/TDP-L-CANNABIS_DSC7027-514x400.jpg\"><img src=\"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/opinion-could-kamala-harris-fix-colorados-cannabis-monopoly-problem.jpg\" class=\"media_thumbnail\"><\/a><\/div>\n<div><img src=\"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/opinion-could-kamala-harris-fix-colorados-cannabis-monopoly-problem-2.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"large-10 large-centered small-12 columns\">\n<p>As the first Black person in America to be granted a license to open a dispensary, I have witnessed how the cannabis industry can empower entrepreneurs while also reinforcing systemic barriers. Now, with Vice President Kamala Harris pledging to legalize marijuana federally and ensure cannabis access becomes \u201cthe law of the land,\u201d we must confront an issue that threatens to undermine the potential of this moment: monopolistic control over the industry.<\/p>\n<p>Vice President Harris has made it clear that her administration aims to \u201cbreak down unjust legal barriers by legalizing marijuana nationally.\u201d This pledge signals a long-overdue shift toward equity, justice, and the dismantling of the drug war\u2019s harmful legacy.<\/p>\n<p>But we must also recognize that true equity cannot exist if the legal cannabis market is still controlled by a few powerful players, as is the case in Colorado. We cannot move into a post-prohibition climate with antitrust issues woven into the fabric of this new economy.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.denverpost.com\/2024\/10\/21\/kamala-harris-marijuana-legalization-colorado-monopoly\/\">Read the rest of this story on TheKnow.DenverPost.com.<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As the first Black person in America to be granted a license to open a dispensary, I have witnessed how the cannabis industry can empower entrepreneurs while also reinforcing systemic barriers. Now, with Vice President Kamala Harris pledging to legalize marijuana federally and ensure cannabis access becomes \u201cthe law of the land,\u201d we must confront [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[2435,9,1,3,881,61,1736],"tags":[2436,3454],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10485"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10485"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10485\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10485"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10485"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10485"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}