Joining The Cannabis Industry

As a Chicagoan, seeing your brands in the publications you grew up reading is a special feeling.

It’s icing on the cake that I’m starting 2020 seeing my Chicago-based brands in @ChicagoMagazine’s cannabis edition celebrating the legalization of weed. And I’ve been fortunate to meet folks that have been leading this industry for years.

But we can’t celebrate something so great without acknowledging the price we paid to get here. As a Black man living in Chicago, I always feared that I was at a higher risk for being arrested for marijuana consumption or possession, 3.73x as likely.

I was luckier than others, and that can’t be forgotten.
Progress takes time, and there will be some hiccups in the road. But I look forward to sharing this journey with you.