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Black-Owned Business: I+I Botanicals | Afro

By Reginald Allen II Special to the AFRO With the steady growth of the marijuana industry for legal pharmaceutical and recreational use, Annapolis, Maryland-based I and I Botanicals, has stepped into the spotlight to selling Beauty care products that are infused with CBD. I+I Botanicals co-founder Salem Kelati incorporates herbs and other natural plants found […]

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