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Known Unknowns In LA’s Cannabis Social Equity Amendment

This summer, the LA Municipal Code was changed decisively (the “Amendment”); shifting power power in a cannabis social equity company to the equity-shareholder (“Equity Individual”). These changes will have a significant impact on LA's social equity licensing, and they also…

CannabisForJustice.com launches to foster social justice efforts in the cannabis industry

September 23, 2020
Press Release
Wana Brands
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PRESS RELEASE Boulder, Colo. (Sept. 17, 2020)—As cannabis companies seek out ways to promote social equality and justice, a new resource CannabisForJustice.com has launched to provide a compendium of trusted resources designed for companies in the cannabis industry seeking to…

Massachusetts Cannabis Control Commission makes major change to delivery licenses, targeted at improving social equity

State marijuana regulators have made alterations to the set of regulations that has been under development for months to allow delivery licensees to buy marijuana wholesale from cultivators and manufacturers, a change that one regulator said is key to equity…

Sustaining Equity through Economic Uncertainty

by Evelyn LaChapelle Black Lives Matter is a powerful movement against the persistent structural racism endured by Black people in American society. The protests that have swept every state in the country have made it crystal clear that anti-racism and…

Detroit Could Extend Recreational Marijuana Ban Through Next Year

When Detroit City Councilmember James Tate led the push to temporarily ban recreational marijuana sales in the city last year, he said he wanted to ensure marijuana legalization would benefit the people who’d been hurt by prohibition. Detroit’s majority-Black residents…

Marijuana business applicants, advocates call out for more equity in Massachusetts cannabis industry

Laury Lucien, a co-owner of the marijuana retail business Major Bloom in Worcester, said equity applicants that are trying to open a cannabis company in Massachusetts are fighting a unicorn. And that unicorn, Lucien said, is stigma rooted in ignorance and…

A Note From Dixie Brands CEO, Chuck Smith

The Dixie Elixirs brand was founded over 10 years ago as a pioneer in the cannabis industry. Recently, the national conversation about racism and injustice has focused our attention to the pain the Dixie name can cause due to the…

The Hopes of Illinois Social Equity Applicants

Editor's Note: CBE was touched by the following essay that was sent to us the other day. We wanted to do our small part in helping those severely effected by the War on Drugs by sharing it with our readers,…

California Cannabis Equity Grants Program Provides $30 Million in Grant Funding for Local Jurisdictions

April 21, 2020
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California, Press Releases, Social Equity
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PRESS RELEASE Today, the Governor’s Office of Business and Economic Development (GO-Biz), in partnership with the Bureau of Cannabis Control, announced $30 million in grant funding through the Cannabis Equity Grants Program for Local Jurisdictions. The program focuses on the…

Social Justice and Cannabis, Moving Beyond Lip Service

As cannabis emerges from the shadows of its illicit past, the socio-economic inequality created by decades of the “War on Drugs” stands in stark contrast to the substantial wealth being created by cannabis legalization. While no other business has been…

Cresco Labs Launches First Industry-Defining Incubator Program for Illinois Adult-Use Market Dispensary Applicants

Program provides actionable, expert guidance to bring inclusivity to Cannabis Industry CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Cresco Labs Inc. (“Cresco Labs” or the “Company”) (CSE:CL) (OTCQX:CRLBF), one of the largest vertically integrated multistate cannabis operators in the United States, announced the official kickoff of…

ICYMI: California Cannabis Provisional Licenses Are Given New Life

By Hilary Bricken, Founder, Harris Bricken On July 1, Governor Newsom signed into law AB 97 and SB 97, which combined, extend the life and power of provisional cannabis licenses, giving much needed relief to licensees sitting on temporary licenses…

Cresco Labs Launches Cannabis Industry’s First Comprehensive National Social Equity & Education Initiative

PRESS RELEASE CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Cresco Labs Inc. (“Cresco Labs” or the “Company”) (CSE: CL) (OTCQX: CRLBF), one of the largest vertically integrated multistate cannabis operators in the United States, today announced the launch of its Social Equity & Educational Development (SEED) program,…

Oakland’s groundbreaking cannabis equity program showing modest results so far

Alphonso Blunt stood outside a warehouse near 66th Avenue and San Leandro Street in Oakland and gazed with satisfaction at the Coliseum across the street. Behind him, a steady stream of customers walked through the glass doors of the warehouse…

Mass. marijuana industry is mostly corporate and white. Inside one Boston battle to change that

Second in a series As dozens of black residents packed the Mildred Avenue Community Center one night in January, it looked like an ordinary — if conspicuously well-attended — neighborhood forum. Except there was nothing ordinary about it. In attendance…