N.J. cannabis commission urged to keep racial equity top priority in legal weed law
Ami Kachalia, a campaign strategist with the ACLU of New Jersey, suggested the commission establish a social equity applicant license status. That would prioritize people who have lived in cities and towns most hurt by marijuana prohibition, have been arrested themselves for marijuana or are in the immediate family of someone who was to become owners in the cannabis industry.
She also said the commission should set aside grants for those people as well as minorities.