
Welcome to the Marijuana Advocacy Group Blog
Hello and welcome to the official blog of Marijuana Advocacy Group Inc. – where advocacy meets action, and inclusion is more than a buzzword.
We are proud to launch this platform as a space for conversation, education, and real stories from the frontlines of the cannabis industry – especially those that haven’t been told often enough: the stories of people with disabilities who are breaking barriers, overcoming stigma, and making a difference in this fast-growing field.
Hello and welcome to the official blog of Marijuana Advocacy Group Inc. – where advocacy meets action, and inclusion is more than a buzzword.
When people talk about equity in the cannabis industry, they usually mean race, gender, or economic status.
The cannabis industry is evolving—but are we evolving with it?
For decades, the medical potential of cannabis has been clouded by stigma.
In New York, cannabis is legal. The cannabis industry is regulated. The state itself issues licenses, collects taxes, and touts social equity. So here’s the million-dollar question:
Why isn’t the cannabis sector represented at New York State Department of Labor job fairs?
For generations, people with disabilities have quietly relied on self-medication to cope with pain, anxiety, trauma, and other debilitating symptoms. Often denied adequate healthcare, overlooked by mainstream medicine, and silenced by stigma, they turned to the one source of relief they could access without judgment from a gatekeeping medical system: cannabis.