What is MCBA?

Founded in 2015, the Minority Cannabis Business Association (MCBA) is the largest national trade association dedicated to serving the needs of minority cannabis businesses and our communities. MCBA represents minority and allied cannabis businesses, aspiring entrepreneurs, and supporters who share a vision of an equitable, just, and responsible cannabis industry. Our mission is carried out by a 15-member Board of Directors comprised of diverse industry veterans, medical and legal professionals, advocates, and community leaders.

What is MCBA?

Founded in 2015, the Minority Cannabis Business Association (MCBA) is the largest national trade association dedicated to serving the needs of minority cannabis businesses and our communities. MCBA represents minority and allied cannabis businesses, aspiring entrepreneurs, and supporters who share a vision of an equitable, just, and responsible cannabis industry. Our mission is carried out by a 15-member Board of Directors comprised of diverse industry veterans, medical and legal professionals, advocates, and community leaders.
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Featured Members

Featured Members

Membership Types

MCBA believes we can offer tangible value to company members and individuals alike through targeted networking, education and discounts.

Membership Types

MCBA believes we can offer tangible value to company members and individuals alike through targeted networking, education and discounts.
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Individual Membership

Providing our members with information, education, and connections to other cannabis professionals and financial resources is a core component of fulfilling our mission. MCBA believes that all of our members – individual and company alike – should net tangible value from their membership.
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Corporate Membership

This cause needs the financial support of established cannabis businesses and the assistance of individual members to make measurable gains in the representation of minorities in the cannabis industry as business-owners, employees, and patients/ consumers.
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Member of the Month

MCBA is proud to feature our member of the month.

Member of the Month

MCBA is proud to feature our member of the month.
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Kika Keith

GORILLA Rx WELLNESS

MCBA Board Member Kika Keith successfully opened her South Central Los Angeles based dispensary Gorilla Rx Wellness after more than three years of advocating on behalf of herself and other social equity owners in LA.

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“TOGETHER, WE ARE MORE POWERFUL. TOGETHER, WE WILL CREATE NOT ANOTHER INDUSTRY BUT A BETTER INDUSTRY.”

“TOGETHER, WE ARE MORE POWERFUL. TOGETHER, WE WILL CREATE NOT ANOTHER INDUSTRY BUT A BETTER INDUSTRY.”

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– Jesce Horton, MCBA Co-founder & CEO of Lowd

Our Focus Areas

The quality of being fair and impartial, equity of treatment.

Our Focus Areas

The quality of being fair and impartial, equity of treatment.
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Equitable Industry

Ensure the inclusion and success of minorities in the cannabis industry through equitable policy and equitable access to opportunities and resources.
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Equitable COMMUNITIES

Empower and support the communities most impacted by cannabis prohibition by promoting meaningful community reinvestment and corporate responsibility initiatives.
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Equitable ACCESS

Drive policy and education initiatives to increase access to safe and effective medicine and ensure the health and wellbeing of minority communities.
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Equitable JUSTICE

Promote policies that reduce arrests and imprisonment for non-violent cannabis offenses and restore basic rights of citizenship to individuals with non-violent cannabis offenses.

Recent News

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MCBA Press

MCBA recent blog posts can go here.

How to Legally Structure a Cannabis Company

May 8, 2022

Member Spotlight: Dutchie

May 8, 2022

Minority Cannabis Business Association Applauds House Leadership for Critical Changes to the MORE Act and Continued Commitment to Cannabis Equity

April 4, 2022
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