Equity

September 23, 2022

Forbidden Cannabis Joins Central District as Industry Equity Efforts Continue

Forbidden Cannabis Club opens Friday on East Union. Meanwhile, Seattle has a new set of policies hoped to improve equity in the…

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August 22, 2022

Twelve More Cannabis Businesses Get the Green Light from CT's Social Equity Council

No information is yet available about whether applicants are looking to locate their businesses in West Hartford or any other area towns….

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July 13, 2022

Connecticut Social Equity Council awards first commercial cannabis licenses

Connecticut's budding marijuana industry is taking a big step forward. The state provisionally awarded the first commercial cannabis licenses ……

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June 26, 2022

Bill Maher Recognizes Social Equity In Cannabis On Latest 'Real Time,' Agreeing With … – Benzinga

Bernie Sanders, who had said he'd legalize cannabis on his first day in office. Maher said the war on drugs "has been…

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May 23, 2022

Beacon Hill Roll Call: House OKs marijuana equity ownership loan and grant program – Lowell Sun

15, 2019 file photo, marijuana grows at an indoor cannabis farm in Gardena, Calif. Top prosecutors in the vast majority of Arizona…

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April 12, 2022

Portland's cannabis policy team focuses on diversity and equity in industry | KATU

Portland officials held the first-ever news conference on cannabis policy Monday. The meeting highlighted policy advancements and heard from ……

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February 6, 2022

Cannabis banking legislation passes House. Booker and other advocates have equity concerns.

The House voted for a sixth time to let banks offer credit cards and checking accounts to legal cannabis businesses….

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October 7, 2021

San Francisco Strengthens Cannabis Equity Rules For Processing New Permits – CBS San Francisco

The measure creates new priorities for how the city's Office of Cannabis processes applicants for permits, according to a news release issued…

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July 8, 2021

NJ's Framework for Social Equity Within the Adult-Use Recreational Cannabis Industry

New Jersey became the 13th state to legalize adult-use cannabis on Feb. 22, 2021, after Governor Phil Murphy signed legalization and ……

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June 8, 2021

Cannabis in CT: Bill Aims to Address Equity for License Applicants

With just the House's vote to go, recreational cannabis could become legal in Connecticut in the next 24 hours or so. The…

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March 17, 2021

Minority-owned businesses push for Illinois cannabis equity

When Governor Pritzker and Springfield legislators pushed for recreational use of cannabis, they said they were doing so with an eye towards…

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December 29, 2020

#1 US Cannabis Beverage Company Keef Brands Takes Equity Position in BevCanna

VANCOUVER, British Columbia–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Emerging leader in infused cannabis beverages, BevCanna Enterprises Inc. (CSE:BEV, ……

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