New Yorker jailed during ‘war on drugs’ becomes cannabis pioneer

Roland Conner, 50, opens pop-up marijuana shop in Greenwich Village, only second legal dispensary in the state

As a New York City teenager, 50-year old Roland Conner found himself harshly punished for only minor offenses related to marijuana.

A 1991 arrest resulted in a months-long incarceration, as America's flawed war on drugs" had an unfairly disproportionate impact on Black and brown youth.