Episode 9: Black cannabis business owners, religious leaders share how the growing industry impacts the community

For the duration of the ninth episode of “Black Information Hour,” The Boston Globe’s Tiana Woodard and Boston.com’s Khari Thompson talked to owners of marijuana organizations and a policy activist forward of 4/20, an unofficial holiday celebrating cannabis culture. Then, the co-hosts heard from local religious leaders to get their opinion on the industry’s impact.

Vanessa Jean-Baptiste, operator of Lawful Greens, the very first Black woman to open a recreational hashish retail outlet on the East Coast, visited the demonstrate, together with Brian Keith, co-founder of Rooted in Roxbury, a retail hashish company, and Kobie Evans, co-owner of Boston’s 1st cannabis keep, Pure Oasis. They shared their activities and troubles with starting up and owning hashish firms in the Higher Boston space.