This Week in South Florida: Tracie Davis

PEMBROKE PARK, Fla. – Florida’s medical marijuana industry is a boon to the businesses that score coveted state licenses, but there is a glaring disparity in the number of those awarded to African American businesses.

One of the new Florida laws taking effect this weekend was amended to change that.

State Senator Tracie Davis, a Democrat from Jacksonville, was one of the lawmakers involved.

She joined This Week in South Florida host Glenna Milberg to discuss, and their conversation can be seen at the top of this page.

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