Shanel Lindsay has found the place where equity meets edibles. For the last 10+ years, she has been ingrained in the Massachusetts cannabis community as an innovator, entrepreneur, attorney, and prominent voice for the cannabis legalization movement. Today, she is the treasurer of the Massachusetts Cannabis Advisory Board, a co-writer of the state’s adult-use … [Read more...] about Shanel Lindsay Found Success in the Middle of Equity and Innovation
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Illinois Social Equity Applicants Want to Delay Lottery Licensing Program
According to a 2017 survey by Marijuana Moment, just 19% of those who launched a cannabis business and/or have an ownership stake in a cannabis company are racial minorities.The need for social equity within the cannabis industry is pressing. Hard. And while many states have been pushing to increase their programs to right some of the wrongs done by the War on … [Read more...] about Illinois Social Equity Applicants Want to Delay Lottery Licensing Program
Get Informed, Get Involved: 20 Cannabis Organizations Advocating for Social Equity
The secrets out: we like getting high. However, while cannabis provides us with unmatched happiness and often relief from stress and pain, the industry itself is a far cry from unicorns and rainbows. Amid legalization efforts, which have now taken effect in more than 10 states across the U.S., discrimination and in-equities within the industry are impossible to ignore. Thus, in … [Read more...] about Get Informed, Get Involved: 20 Cannabis Organizations Advocating for Social Equity
L.A. Proposes Large Changes to Social Equity Program
Written by Rita Thompson According to recent reports by Marijuana Businesses Daily, Los Angeles’s Department of Cannabis Regulation has proposed an, “immense overhaul of its marijuana business licensing structure and social equity program,” to the L.A. City Council. What is Social Equity, Anyway? The city of L.A. adopted the Social Equity Program in September … [Read more...] about L.A. Proposes Large Changes to Social Equity Program
Conscious Consumption: 100+ Black-Owned Cannabis Businesses to Support Right Now
This is an on-going list. The Emerald will continue to update it.Please reach out or comment below to be included. Click here for list of Latinx-Owned Cannabis Businesses, Asian-Owned Businesses, LGBTQIA+ Owned Cannabis Businesses and here for a list of Indigenous-Owned Cannabis Businesses. Conscious Consumption: 100+ Black-Owned Cannabis Businesses to Support Right … [Read more...] about Conscious Consumption: 100+ Black-Owned Cannabis Businesses to Support Right Now
