LOS ANGELES - An alliance of large marijuana businesses had a message for the public Tuesday: We’re good corporate citizens. The emerging legal industry is “in a unique position to set a new bar for socially responsible practices,” the group’s executive director, Kim Wilson, said in a statement. “Anything the industry does to show responsibility — both as an operator and to their community — is in their benefit,” said Adam Spiker, executive director of the Southern California Coalition, a cannabis industry group. “Things like this can narrow the gap of trust between industry, community and policymakers. The goal of the five-page “social responsibility framework” is for the industry to be recognized for practices in good corporate citizenship.

Source: thestar June 18, 2019 23:44 UTC