The Roll-up #182: Afro Cannada Budsistas grow their own

When Khadisha Thornhill and Natalie Cox couldn’t find themselves represented in Canada’s newly legal cannabis industry, they started their own community. Today Afro Cannada Budsistas is one of the most vibrant cannabis spaces in North America.

Also: Leafly Culture Editor Janessa Bailey takes us behind the scenes of Lumen, Leafly’s new landing page for Black voices in cannabis.

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The Roll-Up: Leafly’s weekly cannabis news and culture podcast

Every Friday the Roll-Up crew—Bruce Barcott, Alyssa Yeoman, and Hannah Staton—dissect the week’s top cannabis stories and take a deep dive into a single issue. It’s a news and culture podcast, slightly elevated.

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