Legalization of recreational pot in 10 states and the District of Columbia, and medical pot in two-thirds of the states, hasn't eliminated the gaps. Meanwhile, the emerging marijuana industry is very white, according to the limited data available. "It's obviously a problem," said Morgan Fox of the National Cannabis Industry Association, which has helped craft suggestions for social equity legislation. He's been fighting to make Colorado's cannabis industry more accessible to people with drug convictions and entrepreneurs of modest means. As an aspiring marijuana businessman in New York, Andrew Farrior is following the legalization debate and its talk of social equity.

Source: ABC News May 19, 2019 13:10 UTC