Week in Review: Cannabis toll from lack of jobless stipends, rising Illinois MJ sales, Texas hemp firms sue state & more
It's been a little more than a week since the $600-per-week federal jobless benefits expired, and the toll…
News August 8
Latest In: Social Equity
Cannabis social equity makes progress in Washington state, but licensees will face notable obstacles
Efforts to broaden minority participation in Washington state's cannabis industry are underway, but government officials face obstacles to…
News August 6
Oregon’s easy cannabis licensing rules allow for some social equity, but more funding needed
Oregon's social equity provisions might be lacking compared to other statewide programs, but some industry analysts cite the…
News July 30
Massachusetts recreational cannabis social equity-boosting measures fail
Efforts to increase social equity funding for adult-use marijuana applicants in Massachusetts and diversify the industry have stalled…
News July 29
California’s marijuana social equity program, rife with corruption, lives or dies at local level
California's social equity programs for cannabis companies vary widely in effectiveness by municipality.
News July 23
Divide opens over L.A. cannabis social equity licenses, management contracts
Months of anger over prized marijuana social equity licenses in Los Angeles boiled over recently, when the California…
News July 22
Only 2% of Long Beach, CA, marijuana social equity applicants operating
Just one out of 50 business applicants who qualified for Long Beach’s marijuana social equity program has actually…
News July 20
Week in Review: Israel’s impressive cannabis import totals, sizzling marijuana sales, social equity guidelines & more
The world’s largest importer of cannabis flower is … Israel surpassed Germany in 2020 as the top global…
News July 18
Michigan social equity regulations help cannabis applicants get started but lack continued support
Michigan's marijuana social equity provisions lower the barrier to entry for recreational cannabis business applicants, but some industry…
News July 17
NACB drawing up marijuana social equity advice for state regulators
One of the cannabis industry’s only self-regulatory standards organizations is creating social equity recommendations for state rulemakers. The…
News July 13
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