'You know, when cannabis was illegal, 80% of arrests were on Black and Brown people, and since it's been legal, 95+% of the ownership has been white,' Grasshopper Club co-owner Matthew Brewer said.
Chicago's first independent, Black-owned marijuana dispensary, The Grasshopper Club, is making 4/20 Day a community event.
What is it like to have a small, local, independently owned business, and to be able to partner with so many other local businesses in the area? PONDER:"There must be at least a large handful of people sitting out there who have the ability to grow, or have smaller quantities, or whatever it might be to expand your business. But they don't have the real estate, or they may not have the capital backing, or the myriad of things that you need to start a small business. Not everybody's got that."
BREWER:"We wanted to reimagine what the dispensary experience could be. We thought that, in many cases, especially here in Illinois and in Chicago, dispensary experiences can be very transactional. You go in, and there's almost an expectation that you know what you want to buy, and there's not a lot of guidance to get through that process."
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