KushKart cannabis delivery service is using a state social equity program to show Massachusetts’ what it’s got.
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How to choose the right community for your cannabis business
Where can you open a dispensary? Good Tree Capital answers this and more in this article about the right place to open a cannabis business.
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Maryland adult-use marijuana legalization effort fails for this year
Adult-use marijuana legalization in Maryland must wait at least a year after bills failed to meet Monday’s “crossover” deadline for passing one legislative chamber and being sent to the other. “Sponsors (now) are working on amendments to set the …
Colorado enacts law to support minority marijuana entrepreneurs
Colorado Gov. Jared Polis signed a measure with initial funding of $4 million that will provide loans, grants and technical assistance to social equity marijuana licensees. Lawmakers previously passed the bill, SB21-111, by a vote of 19-15 in the Senat…
Women’s History Month: Q&A with cannabis industry pioneer Lakisha Jenkins
Lakisha Jenkins isn’t one to seek the spotlight, though it’s difficult to find another longtime cannabis industry insider who’s more deserving of one. Jenkins – who holds a doctorate in naturopathy – is a legacy business o…
California awards $15 million more in cannabis social equity grants
California is handing out $15 million in grant money to 10 cities and counties that have adopted social equity programs to help get minorities and those harmed by the war on drugs involved in the legal marijuana market. The new allotment, awarded by Go…
New Rhode Island governor pitches adult-use cannabis legalization plan
Rhode Island Gov. Dan McKee wants to legalize adult-use cannabis, proposing a program that would issue 25 retail licenses a year with a market launch in April 2022. McKee, a Democrat who included the proposal as part of his fiscal-year 2022 budget, is …
10 questions to ask before starting a cannabis business
Thinking about starting a cannabis business but don’t know where to begin? Good Tree Capital helps us learn how to open a legal weed business
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How to show up for women and minorities in cannabis
Women and minorities have similar problems in the cannabis space that need to be examined with a watchful eye.
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NAACP: New Jersey cannabis panel illegal without a Black man as member
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…