When the push for legalizing recreational cannabis in Illinois was moving forward, people like Alicia Nesbury Moore and JR Smith — Black entrepreneurs who wanted to get into the cannabis business — were sold promises of social equity being an industry priority. Now, they say, the promises weren’t worth the paper they were written on.

Reset gets a first-hand account of how the promises of social equity in the state’s cannabis industry have played out for small business owners.

Host: Sasha-Ann Simons