Articles tagged with "equity"
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How to get funding for a cannabis business
Good Tree Capital - Published on May 4, 2021Read moreOpening a small or medium-sized weed business requires funding. Learn about how you can get funding via profits, debt, or equity.
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10 questions to ask before starting a cannabis business
Good Tree Capital - Published on March 9, 2021Read moreThinking about starting a cannabis business but don’t know where to begin? Good Tree Capital helps us learn how to open a legal weed business
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28 cannabis predictions for 2021
Bruce Barcott and David Downs - Published on December 23, 2020Read moreJust slightly better than a coin toss! Yikes. That’s how well Leafly News predicted the future, as written in 2020. For obvious reasons, everyone’s best-laid plans got swept into history’s junk drawer—next to lawn darts, and those Easter Island statues. Our most accurate 2020 predictions were both pessimistic and optimistic. The sclerotic US Senate stymying […]
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Here’s how to start fixing racism in cannabis dispensaries
Amara Barnes - Published on June 10, 2020Read moreAs a budtender, I see how Black employees and customers are passed over and ignored. Here are five ways to change that.
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Boston’s First Licensed Cannabis Shop Is a Big Win for Equity
Christine Giraud - Published on August 6, 2019Read more“There is a national game plan by the bigger companies to dominate 100% of the American space, to monopolize as much as possible,” said the shop’s co-owner. “City councils, mayors, local congressmen—everyone’s affected by the will of the bigger companies.
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Does Luxury Cannabis Ignore Social Equity?
Danielle Guercio - Published on July 16, 2019Read moreLuxury cannabis has begun filling the shelves of bougie stores across the country, but just because it’s fancy doesn’t necessarily mean it’s sustainable and socially equitable.
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Congressional Committee Discusses How to Legalize Cannabis
Ben Adlin & Bruce Barcott - Published on July 10, 2019Read moreWhile lawmakers seemed to agree on the need to end cannabis prohibition, Wednesday’s hearing highlighted tensions between competing visions of what reform should look like.
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Federal Lawmakers Join Industry Advocates in Call for Equity
Raj Chander - Published on May 23, 2019Read moreAdvocates and legislators increasingly agree: Full cannabis legalization is right around the corner. For many, the next big issue is equality.
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‘Legalization 2.0’: Social Equity Becomes a Key Question
The Associated Press - Published on May 20, 2019Read moreSocial equity has been both a sticking point and selling point this year in New York and New Jersey, among other states weighing whether to allow the adult use of cannabis.
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4/21 Organizers Want to Reclaim Cannabis From Corporations
Chris Roberts - Published on April 18, 2019Read moreA coalition of activists are transforming the day after 4/20 into an advocacy effort aimed at reintroducing social justice into cannabis legalization.
