By Sharon Hemans, BBC News on December 18, 2022

An initiative in California is giving people harmed by the “war on drugs” a chance to make it big in the burgeoning legal cannabis industry. But participants say making it big is a lot harder than it looks.

Every night, Julian Nelson sleeps on a sofa inside the office of his cannabis business in Oakland, California, in case armed robbers break in again.

Shelves of pre-rolled spliffs, pet comfort CBD oil, hash caramel chocolate bars and sour green apple cannabis sweets fill the place.

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