With the passage of the state budget and lawmakers going on recess until fall, the status of laws and policies around Ohio’s legal cannabis programs at mid-year 2025 remains in a state of flux. In at ...

Marlo Richardson is proof that Los Angeles’s cannabis equity program isn’t void of success stories. She’s one of the few social equity licensees to own and operate a vertically integrated cannabis ...

Ohio voters made their priorities clear when they legalized marijuana: they want a well-regulated industry that includes social equity provisions to ensure fair and broad participation. Now lawmakers ...

The cannabis industry has experienced dramatic changes over the past few years, with a stronger focus on social equity and justice than ever before. As more states legalize cannabis, the conversation ...

With less than two weeks remaining before the state of Arizona plans to issue 26 “social equity” cannabis licenses, a new lawsuit over the program could delay the drawing. The lawsuit was filed last ...

The partners are boosting the business success of social equity cannabis license owners through targeted mentorship and funding, and passing those benefits through to their public investors. SoEquity ...

On June 17, 1971, President Richard Nixon launched the War on Drugs, a policy initiative that has destroyed and continues to destroy millions of lives. Polling from the ACLU shows that 65 percent of ...

Connecticut’s Social Equity Council, the body charged with ensuring that revenues from legal cannabis sales benefit marginalized communities, has announced the relaunch of its community reinvestment ...

Thanks to The Plain Dealer for calling out lawmakers’ recent efforts to undercut the will of Ohio voters by altering Ohio’s existing marijuana laws (“Don’t take marijuana revenue from cities, towns ...

As states embrace cannabis legalization, social equity programs have become a cornerstone of efforts to rectify the injustices of the war on drugs. Such initiatives aim to create opportunities for ...

Alicia Deals is one of 26 winners of marijuana establishment licenses the Arizona Department of Health Services distributed in April through a much-anticipated lottery. Credit: (Arizona ...