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 ...

- Envisioned by a Safe Harbor Financial employee and social justice activist, the program aims to support entrepreneurs disproportionately impacted by cannabis prohibition and enforcement - GOLDEN, ...

-Unveils Ascend CO-LAB for Social Equity 'Takeover' at Dispensaries Throughout February- NEW YORK, Feb. 1, 2024 /PRNewswire/ - Ascend Wellness Holdings, Inc. ("AWH ...

When Colorado became the first state to legalize recreational marijuana in 2012, it didn’t have a playbook. While the state worked out the early rules regarding sales and taxation, it didn’t initially ...

House Speaker Adrienne Jones (D-Baltimore County), center, testifies March 26 before the Senate Education, Energy and the Environment Committee on her bill to create the Department of Social and ...

Part of Arizona’s guidelines to legalizing adult-use of marijuana came with the implementation of a social equity program; a program that, ideally, would allow people affected by cannabis prohibition ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

The Arizona Department of Health Services will continue taking applications for 26 social equity licenses through Dec. 14, after a Maricopa County Superior Court judge declined to issue an injunction ...

Maryland’s new Department of Social and Economic Mobility is beginning operations as it navigates a major federal rule change ...