Articles tagged with "social equity"
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Former New York Knick Iman Shumpert debuts legal cannabis brand with Glenmere Farms
Leafly Staff - Published on April 3, 2025read moreThe NBA champion and New York Knick will premier his new flower brand at Torches in Manhattan dispensary April 11. Here’s how he turned an embarrassing moment from his playing career into one of NY’s most-promising new cannabis brands.
How New York pot pioneers made it to legal dispensary shelves
Leafly Staff - Published on April 3, 2025read moreBy: Luc Carlin Legacy to licensed is the motto for authentic New York brands entering the legal market. Two years ago, I sat with some of NYC’s top legacy pioneers from the New York market. Many of them are now licensed to operate legally as brands or retailers. Every time a state legalizes cannabis, there […]
Urban Leaf expands delivery across Manhattan
Leafly Staff - Published on March 14, 2025read moreGreat deals and fast service to Manhattan including Central Park North, The Upper East, and Midtown.
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Minnesota just legalized cannabis: Here’s what you need to know
Max Savage Levenson - Published on May 30, 2023read moreYou get two pounds and four mature plants at home. Huzzah.
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Voices of cannabis: Dreu VanHoose
Leafly Staff - Published on April 1, 2023read moreSelf-taught cannabis cultivator Dreu VanHoose’s hemp brand is growing clean organic bud for Alabama and beyond.
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Voices of cannabis: Trez Wilson
Leafly Staff - Published on April 1, 2023read moreTrez Wilson secured a cannabis cultivation license in 2018 and his OG Cultivation brand has take off from there.
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Voices of cannabis: Will Perry
Leafly Staff - Published on April 1, 2023read moreThis Bronx native is producing organic flower in Oregon. Learn about his journey to co-founding Magic Hour Cannabis.
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Voices of cannabis: Tahir Johnson
Leafly Staff - Published on April 1, 2023read moreThis Trenton, NJ native is opening his town’s first adult-use cannabis dispensary later this year.
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Illinois hands out first social equity cannabis retail licenses
Benzinga - Published on November 15, 2022read moreThe state of Illinois gives a long-awaited go-ahead so the first two social equity cannabis retailers in the state.
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How Vic Mensa brought premium legal gas to Chicago dispensaries
Shawn Grant and Tay Tousana - Published on October 26, 2022read moreVic and his team took Leafly under the hood of his new legal weed venture, 93 Boyz, which happens to be Illinois’ first licensed Black-owned cannabis brand.
