Articles tagged with "social equity"
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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.
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.
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.
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How to join Cannabis for Black Lives and support Black-led cannabis businesses
Danté Jordan - Published on April 28, 2022Read moreCannabis for Black Lives is a non-profit organization dedicated to supporting Black-led cannabis companies.
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10 reasons JAY-Z shouted out ‘the Caliva brothers’ on new song
Dan Reagans and Calvin Stovall - Published on April 13, 2022Read moreWho are ‘the Caliva brothers,’ and why do they want to help felons sell legal weed?
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New Jersey is latest battleground for social equity in cannabis
Calvin Stovall - Published on March 16, 2022Read moreLegal weed sales could start as soon as late April in NJ, but lawmakers are still fighting claims that the game is rigged.
