SE Vegas News

Clark County established a new program aimed at helping Black and Indigenous people of color have better access and a greater chance at entering the cannabis industry in Nevada. 

U.S. Sen. Jackie Rosen (D-Nev.) took to Twitter to celebrate the new program which assists minorities become entrepreneurs in a budding industry. 

"I applaud @ClarkCountyNV's Pathway to Ownership program — an initiative to address inequities within the growing cannabis industry & boost the number of minority-owned small businesses working in this field," Rosen wrote in a March 1 tweet.

The program's establishment comes a few months before the county will start accepting business applications for cannabis lounges and officials believe the lounges are a great place to start, Fox 5 Las Vegas reported.  

Lessons under the program called "Pathway to Ownership" take place over a 17-week period. Fox 5 Las Vegas reported the goal is to help more minorities break into the business since only three of 330 cannabis business permits issued by the state have gone to Black-owned businesses. 

The goal of the program is to start giving people of color positions where they can be a part of the state's marijuana history, according to Fox 5 Las Vegas.