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By Kaisha-Dyan McMillan
How Tucky Blunt got arrested for cannabis and is now selling it legally at Blunts + Moore
In November 2018, less than a year after being awarded one of four dispensary permits through the city’s lottery, Alphonso “Tucky” Blunt and his business partner Brittany Moore officially cut the ribbon on their brand new cannabis dispensary. Located directly across the street from the Oakland Coliseum in the very neighborhood where Blunt grew up, Blunts + Moore became the first cannabis social equity dispensary to open anywhere in the world. But as Blunt explained during a recent chat, it was also the realization of a lifelong dream.