Week in Review: US House sets marijuana legalization vote, new Massachusetts rules, MedMen woes & more
The MORE Act, which would deschedule cannabis and thereby legalize it federally in the U.S., is scheduled to be considered by the […]
Category: social equity
Massachusetts leads in giving social equity applicants exclusive access to cannabis delivery licenses
The pathway that Massachusetts regulators developed for minority cannabis business owners allows them to own delivery businesses and protects those licenses for […]
New lawsuit filed over Los Angeles’ marijuana social equity licensing
The city of Los Angeles and its cannabis regulators are facing yet another lawsuit over the city’s controversial and much-delayed social equity […]
Minority cannabis ownership negligible in Colorado, but new law aims to spur progress
As is true in other mature cannabis programs, Colorado falls short in minority representation among business owners. Minority cannabis ownership negligible in […]
Scant minority ownership in Nevada’s cannabis industry, spurring calls for social equity reform
Minority ownership of cannabis businesses in Nevada is rare, and there are few signs that situation is likely to change anytime soon. […]
Week in Review: Cannabis toll from lack of jobless stipends, rising Illinois MJ sales, Texas hemp firms sue state & more
It’s been a little more than a week since the $600-per-week federal jobless benefits expired, and the toll that lack of extra […]
Massachusetts recreational cannabis social equity-boosting measures fail
Efforts to increase social equity funding for adult-use marijuana applicants in Massachusetts and diversify the industry have stalled in this year’s state […]
California’s marijuana social equity program, rife with corruption, lives or dies at local level
California’s social equity programs for cannabis companies vary widely in effectiveness by municipality. California’s marijuana social equity program, rife with corruption, lives […]
Divide opens over L.A. cannabis social equity licenses, management contracts
Months of anger over prized marijuana social equity licenses in Los Angeles boiled over recently, when the California Minority Alliance (CMA) accused […]
2% of Long Beach, CA, marijuana social equity applicants operating
Just one out of 50 business applicants who qualified for Long Beach’s marijuana social equity program has actually entered the California city’s […]