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GREENE: Giving Cannabis Access to Banks Will Improve Equity, Inclusion

by Linda Mercado Greene November 2, 2022November 3, 2022

The Senate should give cannabis companies complete access to commercial bank services. The cash-heavy requirements in the business today are unsustainable and outmoded.

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Basketball Legend Isiah Thomas Gets Into Cannabis Industry with $3M Investment

by WI Guest Author February 10, 2021December 21, 2021

**FILE** The ribbon-cutting ceremony for Linda Greene’s D.C. marijuana dispensary, Anacostia Organics, brought out city officials including Mayor Muriel Bowser and Ward 8 D.C Council member Trayon White. (Courtesy photo)

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Calming Community Amid COVID-19, Cannabis Entrepreneur Sees Spike in Sales

by WI Guest Author April 22, 2020December 21, 2021

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Cannabis-Related Business Experiences Boom During COVID-19 Pandemic

by WI Guest Author April 13, 2020December 21, 2021

Shakira Cook (right), a program director for the Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, moderates a discussion on racial and social equity in the cannabis industry at the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation's 49th Annual Legislative Conference in Northwest on Sept. 12. (William J. Ford/The Washington Informer)

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Advocates Push for Racial, Social Equity in Cannabis Industry

by William J. Ford September 18, 2019December 21, 2021