CONBUD – World’s First Dispensary Run and Operated by Formerly Incarcerated Individuals
NEW YORK — Showing their commitment to promoting an equitable cannabis industry for those disproportionately impacted by the War on Drugs, New York’s Office of Cannabis Management (OCM) today awarded a conditional adult-use retail dispensary (CAURD) license to Coss Marte, Alfredo Angueira, and Junior Martinez, co-founders of CONBUD. The world’s first cannabis dispensary run and operated by formerly incarcerated individuals, CONBUD will celebrate the grand opening of its Manhattan storefront in early fall 2023 with delivery service to all 5 boroughs beginning this summer. “Every generation stands on the shoulders of those who did the time so that we can be more free. For the hundreds of thousands of Black and Brown New Yorkers like me who spent years doing time for cannabis offenses, this opportunity is our 40 acres and a mule,” said Coss Marte, CONBUD CEO. Marte’s first cannabis offense took place at the age of 13 when he was arrested at a park in his Lower East Side ...