Missouri Revokes Nine Social Equity Licenses April 11, 2024 AggregatedNews Missouri 0 Comments By Aaron Kelley, Attorney at Harris Sliwoski The need for social equity in cannabis programs As adult-use cannabis legalization sweeps across the country and America confronts the toll of previous, draconian cannabis policies, one of the best attempts to right abject wrongs… Read More→
Maryland’s ‘social equity’ cannabis lottery is today. Here’s how it works. March 14, 2024 AggregatedNews Maryland 0 Comments Hundreds of hopeful entrepreneurs will learn on Thursday if they’re one step closer to starting a cannabis business in Maryland, a state-regulated industry experts have estimated could take in more than $1 billion in annual sales. Each of the more… Read More→
Sacramento’s first social equity cannabis dispensary opens November 10, 2022 AggregatedNews California 0 Comments A new cannabis dispensary that opened Monday is the first in a city program designed to give Sacramento residents affected by the war on drugs an opportunity to legally sell marijuana to customers. Personal trainer Robert Jackson is the majority… Read More→
First year of legal marijuana in Illinois generated big bucks but no new minority license holders January 1, 2021 AggregatedNews Illinois, Social Equity 0 Comments Cannifem represents much of what state lawmakers hoped for when they legalized marijuana in Illinois. The startup business was formed by three Black women from areas hardest hit by the war on drugs. Yet the group failed to get any… Read More→