Fresh out of prison, the marijuana activist who calls himself "NJWeedman" says he'll oppose the state's push toward legal weed unless the rules are changed to guarantee African-American and Latino entrepreneurs a bigger share of the market.
Ed Forchion joins a growing cadre of pro-marijuana activists in New Jersey who are advocating for minorities to have a significant share of what could be a $1 billion market in growing, distributing and selling legal weed.
With some black lawmakers opposed to legal sales, the state's path toward legalization may run through African-American activists and entrepreneurs like Forchion and Leo Bridgewater, an Army veteran who heads the state chapter of Minorities for Medical Marijuana.