White people have a monopoly on ‘sin’ industries. It’s time to change that.

Enacting the legislation is just the start, though. A “cannabis equity” proposal in Long Beach, Calif., seemed promising at first — it intended, among other things, to grant dispensary licenses to the unemployed and people previously charged with cannabis-related crimes. But since it became law in 2018, only one of 93 applicants to go through the equity program has gotten a license.