New York now has 1,904 adult-use cannabis license holders, 57% of which are held by Social and Economic Equity licensees. In September, the state approved 46 additional adult-use licenses, including 14 processors, 12 dispensaries, eight cultivators, four distributors, and four microbusinesses. The state also finalized four licenses approved under its conditional adult-use license program. In a statement, Jessica García, chair of the Cannabis Control […]
The concept of social equity deals with justice and fairness within social policy. In the cannabis industry, social equity programs work to supply business aide to those who have been previously incarcerated for doing cannabis business. Learn about social equity in cannabis in the articles and stories below: