‘Cannabis Equity Program’ Aims to Advance Women, Minorities in Legal Pot Business

SACRAMENTO — Women and people of color are vastly underrepresented within management positions in the cannabis industry, according to the City of Sacramento.

Ahead of January’s legalization of recreational cannabis, the city has created a program to try to mitigate that disparity.

“You go to the big conferences now and there’s not many women, not many men of color,” A Therapeutic Alternative Executive Director Kimberly Cargile said.

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