Nekima Levy Armstrong is the founder and CEO of Dope Roots, a Minnesota-based cannabis company that specializes in high quality, low-dose, hemp-derived edible products. Dope Roots offers canna butter, chocolate canna spread, infused desserts, gummies, and THC beverages. Nekima is also an award-winning civil rights lawyer, activist, and former law professor. She has written numerous articles about the impacts of the “war on drugs” on Black and Brown communities. Nekima is also the co-founder of the Dope Roots Social Equity Club which focuses on supporting Black women in the cannabis industry, advocating for an end to the “war on drugs”, and providing free and low cost cannabis products to women who are experiencing major health issues.