The New Jersey chapter of the NAACP is charging that the state’s Cannabis Regulatory Commission is technically illegal since none of its five appointed members are Black men. The commission, which was completed Feb. 25, is made up of one Black wo…
marijuana social equity
A tale of two cannabis social equity programs: Los Angeles and Oakland
Social equity programs are a relatively new phenomenon in the U.S. cannabis industry, with the aim of getting more minorities and those with marijuana-related convictions involved in the legal sector. But so far, no city or state has come up with the p…
San Francisco cannabis market expands slowly but surely via social equity program
San Francisco is the birthplace of the modern medical marijuana industry.
But the city’s cannabis industry has been fairly stagnant the past two decades, with regulators approving only a few dozen storefront dispensaries to sell MMJ.
San Francisco cann…