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Minnesota recreational marijuana market on target for 2025 launch, regulator says

Minnesota’s recreational marijuana market is on track to launch in 2025, even as some potential businesses say they’re…

News October 22
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40 Tons to share MJBizCon space with other justice-impacted marijuana brands

40 Tons is sharing its space on the MJBizCon 2024 show floor with 15 other marijuana companies founded…

News October 9
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Audit: Connecticut cannabis social equity agency followed ‘questionable practices’

The agency that oversees Connecticut's cannabis social equity funding and license approval is a dysfunctional workplace with no…

News September 24
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‘Secretive’ Wyoming companies win Missouri marijuana social equity licenses

Applicants for adult-use marijuana social equity business licenses in Missouri are crying foul after it was revealed that…

News September 19
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Applicants from outside Minnesota seek adult-use marijuana social equity licenses

Almost half the applicants for marijuana social equity licenses in Minnesota don’t live in the state.

News August 20
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Minnesota starts adult-use marijuana social equity license application process

Minnesota’s Office of Cannabis Management has opened its first social equity business license application window for the state's…

News July 26
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Minnesota cannabis social equity verification opens June 24

Minnesota social equity applicants can start the verification process next week to secure the first adult-use marijuana business…

News June 20
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New York hit with another lawsuit challenging marijuana social equity

A new lawsuit is challenging New York's Conditional Adult-Use Retail Dispensary program for marijuana social equity applicants.

News May 17
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Against the odds: Haitian emigrant taps his Boston neighborhood for cannabis success

How Jeffrey Simien evolved from an 11-year-old Haitian emigrant to a successful cannabis entrepreneur at 38 in his…

News May 10
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