Articles tagged with "social equity"
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Mayor Eric Adams appoints Dasheeda Dawson as Cannabis NYC founding director
Benzinga - Published on October 13, 2022read moreDasheeda Dawson will be the first director of Cannabis NYC, the city’s Small Business Services support initiative for the cannabis industry.
California: $15 million in grants to support social equity programs
Benzinga - Published on October 7, 2022read moreThe state of California is offering $15 million in cannabis equity grants. Read more and find out how to apply.
Gwinn brothers become Florida’s first Black medical cannabis licensees
Lyneisha Watson - Published on October 3, 2022read moreThe Gwinn brothers were born and raised on Florida farms. They’re now the first Black farmers in the state licensed to grow medical cannabis.
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New Yorkers with weed convictions will have priority in retail market, state says
Calvin Stovall - Published on September 21, 2022read moreNew York plans to compensate survivors of the Drug War with the state’s first dispensary licenses — but not all parties are sold on the deal. Here’s what the state’s Chief Equity Officer told Leafly to help clear the air.
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Arrests for weed in Minnesota show glaring disparities among demographics, here’s the data
Benzinga - Published on September 9, 2022read moreBlack Minnesotans are more than four times more likely to get arrested for marijuana according to the latest data from the Bureau of Criminal Apprehension.
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Will social equity in Illinois live up to the hype?
Raj Chander - Published on August 22, 2022read moreIllinois broke through the chatter with big talk about helping social equity businesses take off. Will the state live up to the hype?
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Meet the CLIMB Act, a new bipartisan cannabis banking bill
Max Savage Levenson - Published on June 27, 2022read moreThe new CLIMB Act would help cannabis businesses access banking services, and list on the stock exchange. It emphasizes small, minority-owned businesses.
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How I got one of NJ’s first 11 cannabis dispensary licenses
Nadir Pearson - Published on June 3, 2022read moreTahir Johnson explains how he joined New Jersey’s legal weed market and shares his plans to launch Simply Pure Trenton before 2022 ends
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Illinois judge gives 185 social equity cannabis stores the go-ahead, finally
Janessa Bailey - Published on June 1, 2022read moreAn Illinois judge released 185 social equity cannabis retail licenses. Find out what it means for Illinois cannabis consumers on Leafly.
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28 grams of game: Attorney turned activist Andrea C. James
Mehka King - Published on May 6, 2022read moreHere’s how James went from prisoner to freedom fighter, and how you can join the #FreeHer campaign to release 100 women now.
