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Cannabis Social Equity: Paving the Path for Inclusive Economic Opportunities

The cannabis industry isn’t a level playing field. It’s disheartening to say. But as someone who has been building a soon-to-open dispensary for the last three years, I’ve experienced this lack of equity firsthand. It starts with the industry’s foundation. We’re in an era where anyone can start a business. Create a logo, launch a […]

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Alternatives to Bankruptcy for Cannabis Companies: Part 1

The problems facing the cannabis industry arising from its ongoing status as a federally illegal enterprise are numerous and well documented: 280E tax burdens, limited access to banking, exclusion from capital markets, uneven access to federal intellectual property right protections and the inability to access the stream of interstate commerce. The recent woes faced by […]

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California’s Social Equity Fee Waiver – Late Is Better Than Never

In a move that Old Guard California Cannabis viewed with bittersweet appreciation, the Department of Cannabis Control on January 1, 2022 announced it would waive license fees for those cannabis companies impacted by the War on Cannabis. Many pre-2017 operators experienced persecution by law enforcement including confiscation of inventory. For those who refused to admit […]

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The Craft Cannabis Cavalry: A Story of Small Business & Economic Empowerment

The Tohiyusdv Cavalry is a black-owned small business based in rural Virginia. At its core, they grow and process cannabis for CBD products, but it’s really much more than that. Through its Precision Craft Farmer Program, the company works with existing small minority-owned farms to introduce them to the cannabis market. Via land leasing, profit-sharing, […]

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Rhode Island Embraces Adult Use Cannabis, But With A Bitter Tax Pill

Although Rhode Island is the USA’s smallest state, it has traditionally taken an out-sized dislike for cannabis and its users. It first banned cannabis in 1918 and, up until recently, had some of the strictest mandatory minimum sentences for large-scale possession, sentencing those with more than 5 kg (11 lbs) to 20 years’ imprisonment and […]

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