Community Leaders and Elected Officials Join the Bronx Defenders and the Bronx Community Foundation to Launch the Bronx Cannabis Hub
BRONX, New York — Today, The Bronx Defenders and The Bronx Community Foundation, along with U.S. Senator Chuck Schumer, New York State Senator Gustavo Rivera, and Bronx Borough President Vanessa L. Gibson, joined Bronx community leaders – including the Drug Policy Alliance, Mothers on the Move, 1 Freedom For All, TakeRoot Justice, and All That Jive NYC – who have spent decades fighting for cannabis legalization and undoing the decades of harm caused by its criminalization, to announce the launch of The Bronx Cannabis Hub . “As public defenders, we have seen first-hand the impact marijuana criminalization and its racist enforcement by the NYPD has had on the people in the Bronx,” said Justine Olderman, Executive Director of The Bronx Defenders. “For decades, a single marijuana arrest could result in a person losing their job, healthcare, home, and even separation from their children and deportation from their families. Now that cannabis is legal, a new economy is taking shape, and the...