8 Black Women Who Are Trailblazing In The Cannabis Industry

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The Kikas

Gorilla RX is the first Black woman-owned dispensary in Los Angeles and was founded by a mother-daughter duo who both go by the name “Kika,” with the mom going by “Big Kika.” Over 300 Black patrons lined up to be at the grand opening of the dispensary on August 25, 2021 in the historically black neighborhood of Crenshaw. The dispensary recently commissioned a giant mural in its neighborhood, celebrating its consumers. It’s important to the Gorilla RX team that they invest in their community, which is why they primarily hire from right within their neighborhood. They didn’t get their start easily, as the application for their license and the other hoops they had to jump through spurred a very public lawsuit by the business owners against the city of LA. But they persisted and now they’re thriving.

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