Browsing: Equity

Minnesota cannabis regulators have received more than 700 applications for social equity licenses within 24 hours of the application window opening, MPR News reports. The state…

The Minnesota cannabis social equity initiative As Minnesota continues to develop its legal cannabis industry, the Minnesota Office of Cannabis Management (OCM) has taken significant steps…

According to Arizona social equity applicants and community members, the state’s cannabis program isn’t operating as intended. The passage of Proposition 207 in 2020 legalized adult-use…

Under Minnesota’s cannabis industry social equity rules, between 30% and 40% of adults in the state could qualify as social equity applicants, the Minnesota Reformer reports.…

California’s path to cannabis social equity: from arrests to advocacy Data from the California Department of Justice reveals that nearly half a million individuals were arrested…

The Minnesota House of Representatives voted last week to adopt new social equity rules and other changes to the state’s adult-use cannabis program, according to a…

Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey (D) on Tuesday awarded 50 grants totaling $2,350,000 to cannabis social equity businesses in 28 communities through the state’s Cannabis Social Equity…

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,…

Colorado Governor Jared Polis (D), in collaboration with the Cannabis Business Office (CBO) within the Colorado Office of Economic Development & International Trade (OEDIT), has announced…

Editor’s note: this article originally appeared in The Outlaw Report, and has been republished with permission. After a 73-day delay, Maryland held its first cannabis lottery…