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Andre Rhodes is one of three owners of the Nevada Wellness Center. (mikayla whitmore/staff)
Marijuana’s diversity problem Many potential black entrepreneurs are being left out of the budding industry By Michael Lyle | SPECIAL TO VEGAS INC
On one hand, you can count the number of black-owned or -operated marijuana businesses in Southern Nevada: Nevada Wellness Center, G5 Cultivation, NLV Organics and Nature’s Kindest. ¶ Sixty medical marijuana facilities and 88 dispensaries have been licensed in Nevada since 2015, when the first establishment opened. Nearly 50 m inorities IN M ARI JUANA, Contin ued on page 15
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