Business
Amber Senter, who co-founded Oakland's first-in-the-nation cannabis equity program in 2016, now says the model pushed Black entrepreneurs in...
Business
Cannabis strategist and former regulator Dasheeda Dawson launches The State [of] Flower Tour, bringing policy education and community engage...
Business
NECANN founder Marc Shepard says current Northeast cannabis policy battles mirror early legalization fights, as local operators struggle aga...
Culture
Scarlet Reserve Room owner Wil Rivera argues New Jersey's legal cannabis market lacks the cultural authenticity of legacy operators, as corp...
Culture
Freedom Grow nonprofit shifts from volunteer prisoner support to national fundraising model under new leadership from Beard Bros Pharms foun...
Business
New York's vertically integrated microbusiness licenses let small operators control cultivation through retail, offering a structural altern...
Products
Drag performer Laganja Estranja debuts her first cannabis line at Chicago's SWAY Dispensary May 16, with nuEra Cannabis cultivating the sati...
Culture
Last Prisoner Project has provided over $4M in legal services and freed dozens of cannabis inmates since 2019, while thousands remain incarc...
Legislation
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez supports federal marijuana rescheduling but warns that reform without expungement and equity measures fails th...
Business
Illinois approved $32 million in low-interest loans for social equity cannabis businesses, addressing capital barriers that have prevented m...
Business
After losing $150,000 in Florida's MMTC license lottery, GÜD Essence CEO Jasmine Johnson built a cannabis business through ancillary service...
Legislation
Illinois appellate court hears arguments in final lawsuit challenging the state's social equity cannabis licensing lottery, with rejected ap...
