Coss Marte opened the first adult-use cannabis dispensary on Manhattan's Lower East Side — the same neighborhood where he once sold drugs illegally.

Coss Marte, 39, is the founder and CEO of Conbud, a legal cannabis dispensary in New York's Lower East Side neighborhood where he once sold cannabis illegally. After serving prison time, Coss embraced ...

Opinions expressed by Forbes Contributors are their own. A.J. Herrington is freelance writer covering weed news and culture. Cannabis regulators in New York this week issued a license to open a ...

It was refreshing to meet former cannabis prisoners with their own brands like Delisioso (Richard Delisi) and Conbud (Coss Marte), to name a few. The social equity impact brand 40 Tons created a ...