{"id":6685,"date":"2016-09-17T14:35:52","date_gmt":"2016-09-17T14:35:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.cannitrol.com\/\/?p=6685"},"modified":"2016-09-17T14:35:52","modified_gmt":"2016-09-17T14:35:52","slug":"why-theres-a-push-for-diversity-in-the-marijuana-industry-fortune","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/why-theres-a-push-for-diversity-in-the-marijuana-industry-fortune\/","title":{"rendered":"Why There&#8217;s a Push for Diversity in the Marijuana Industry &#8211; Fortune"},"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\/why-theres-a-push-for-diversity-in-the-marijuana-industry-fortune\/\" send=\"true\" layout=\"standard\" width=\"450\" show_faces=\"false\" font=\"arial\" action=\"like\" colorscheme=\"light\"><\/fb:like><\/div><table border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"2\" cellspacing=\"7\" style=\"vertical-align:top;\">\n<tr>\n<td width=\"80\" align=\"center\" valign=\"top\"><font style=\"font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif\"><a href=\"http:\/\/news.google.com\/news\/url?sa=t&amp;fd=R&amp;ct2=us&amp;usg=AFQjCNFv2gGQc4EAm9RtTqjS5w6oUad6Hg&amp;clid=c3a7d30bb8a4878e06b80cf16b898331&amp;ei=YFPdV9iPDYKc3gHFnqTYBQ&amp;url=http:\/\/fortune.com\/2016\/09\/16\/legal-marijuana-diversity\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/t3.gstatic.com\/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRN1G3VG6FFJcfGSvlPqfAhh9JZHdD9KoNYnb8QFobjJUbTqpFezaXQrQg8vsfdDHK1mbGLKqHm\" alt=\"\" border=\"1\" width=\"80\" height=\"80\"><br \/><font size=\"-2\">Fortune<\/font><\/a><\/font><\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" class=\"j\"><font style=\"font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif\"><\/p>\n<div style=\"padding-top:0.8em;\"><img alt=\"\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"lh\"><a href=\"http:\/\/news.google.com\/news\/url?sa=t&amp;fd=R&amp;ct2=us&amp;usg=AFQjCNFv2gGQc4EAm9RtTqjS5w6oUad6Hg&amp;clid=c3a7d30bb8a4878e06b80cf16b898331&amp;ei=YFPdV9iPDYKc3gHFnqTYBQ&amp;url=http:\/\/fortune.com\/2016\/09\/16\/legal-marijuana-diversity\/\"><b>Why There&#39;s a Push for Diversity in the <b>Marijuana<\/b> Industry<\/b><\/a><br \/><font size=\"-1\"><b><font color=\"#6f6f6f\">Fortune<\/font><\/b><\/font><br \/><font size=\"-1\">America&#39;s legal <b>marijuana<\/b> industry has a huge diversity problem\u2014and it couldn&#39;t be more ironic. The Drug Policy Alliance estimates that less than 1% of the market to grow legal weed is owned or operated by people of color, a startling statistic <b>&#8230;<\/b><\/font><br \/><font size=\"-1\" class=\"p\"><\/font><br \/><font class=\"p\" size=\"-1\"><a class=\"p\" href=\"http:\/\/news.google.com\/news\/more?ncl=dMf8yUT7HxgT77M&amp;authuser=0&amp;ned=us\"><nobr><b><\/b><\/nobr><\/a><\/font><\/div>\n<p><\/font><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<table border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"2\" cellspacing=\"7\" style=\"vertical-align:top;\">\n<tr>\n<td width=\"80\" align=\"center\" valign=\"top\"><font style=\"font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif\"><a href=\"http:\/\/news.google.com\/news\/url?sa=t&amp;fd=R&amp;ct2=us&amp;usg=AFQjCNFv2gGQc4EAm9RtTqjS5w6oUad6Hg&amp;clid=c3a7d30bb8a4878e06b80cf16b898331&amp;ei=YFPdV9iPDYKc3gHFnqTYBQ&amp;url=http:\/\/fortune.com\/2016\/09\/16\/legal-marijuana-diversity\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/t3.gstatic.com\/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRN1G3VG6FFJcfGSvlPqfAhh9JZHdD9KoNYnb8QFobjJUbTqpFezaXQrQg8vsfdDHK1mbGLKqHm\" alt=\"\" border=\"1\" width=\"80\" height=\"80\"><br \/><font size=\"-2\">Fortune<\/font><\/a><\/font><\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" class=\"j\"><font style=\"font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif\"><\/p>\n<div style=\"padding-top:0.8em;\"><img alt=\"\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"lh\"><a href=\"http:\/\/news.google.com\/news\/url?sa=t&amp;fd=R&amp;ct2=us&amp;usg=AFQjCNFv2gGQc4EAm9RtTqjS5w6oUad6Hg&amp;clid=c3a7d30bb8a4878e06b80cf16b898331&amp;ei=YFPdV9iPDYKc3gHFnqTYBQ&amp;url=http:\/\/fortune.com\/2016\/09\/16\/legal-marijuana-diversity\/\"><b>Why There&#39;s a Push for Diversity in the <b>Marijuana<\/b> Industry<\/b><\/a><br \/><font size=\"-1\"><b><font color=\"#6f6f6f\">Fortune<\/font><\/b><\/font><br \/><font size=\"-1\">America&#39;s legal <b>marijuana<\/b> industry has a huge diversity problem\u2014and it couldn&#39;t be more ironic. The Drug Policy Alliance estimates that less than 1% of the market to grow legal weed is owned or operated by people of color, a startling statistic <b>&#8230;<\/b><\/font><br \/><font size=\"-1\" class=\"p\"><\/font><br \/><font class=\"p\" size=\"-1\"><a class=\"p\" href=\"http:\/\/news.google.com\/news\/more?ncl=dMf8yUT7HxgT77M&amp;authuser=0&amp;ned=us\"><nobr><b><\/b><\/nobr><\/a><\/font><\/div>\n<p><\/font><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6685"}],"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=6685"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6685\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6685"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6685"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6685"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}