Latest In: Social Equity

corruption host community agreements Massachsetts Northampton

Massachusetts city drops onerous ‘impact fee’ on cannabis businesses

A Massachusetts municipality became the first in the state to stop assessing a controversial 3% “community impact fee”…

News January 26
Commonwealth Dispensary Association delivery Garden Remedies massachusetts new england treatment access social equity
image of scales of justice

Boycott spurs Massachusetts cannabis trade group to withdraw delivery suit

A Massachusetts cannabis retail association is backing off its legal challenge to the state’s social equity-focused delivery licensing…

News January 25
Commonwealth Dispensary Association Massachusetts cannabis delivery Massachusetts marijuana rules
massachusetts cannabis delivery

Massachusetts cannabis retailers sue state over delivery regulations

Marijuana retailers in Massachusetts filed a lawsuit against the state's Cannabis Control Commission's rules that allow only social…

News January 19
california marijuana harborside steve deangelo
Steve DeAngelo marijuana

A marijuana pioneer changes course: Q&A with Harborside co-founder Steve DeAngelo

Steve DeAngelo is one of the marijuana industry’s most high-profile pioneers. But earlier this month, DeAngelo and the…

News January 15
cannabis regulations marijuana loans vicente sederberg
Image about regulatory compliance

7 regulatory-related factors for marijuana companies to consider in a debt transaction

2020 saw several high-profile debt transactions in the cannabis industry, with major companies raising hundreds of millions of…

News January 6
Cannabis Control Commission massachusetts cannabis regulations
Image of Massachusetts state capitol building

Massachusetts fills two open seats on state Cannabis Control Commission

The main body regulating legal marijuana in Massachusetts is gaining two more members.

News December 16
diversity legalization minorities cannabis social equity
Linda Mercado Greene

Trials minorities face raising marijuana capital: Q&A with DC dispensary owner Linda Mercado Greene

Linda Mercado Greene, co-founder and CEO of Anacostia Organics, was already a successful businesswoman and a veteran political…

News December 6
california marijuana Los Angeles marijuana social equity

Los Angeles selects 200 social equity cannabis retail license finalists

Los Angeles regulators issued the much-anticipated list of 200 finalists in the contentious battle for social equity marijuana…

News December 3
Caliva jay-z left coast ventures scac SPAC Subversive Capital Acquisition Corp.
Image of businesspeople shaking hands

Cannabis SPAC acquires Caliva and Left Coast Ventures, hires Jay-Z

New York-based Subversive Capital Acquisition Corp., a special-purpose acquisition company, said it has acquired two California cannabis companies…

News November 24
New Jersey adult-use legalization
Image of New Jersey state capitol

New Jersey recreational cannabis bill advances, but differences remain

Two key New Jersey legislative budget committees advanced a recreational cannabis implementation measure, but differences in the Assembly…

News November 20
MJBizCon Logo