Sean Berte and Armani White are the poster children for cannabis social equity businesses. Boston natives both, the duo set out to use the well intentioned social equity regulations to obtain a ...

In the United States, less than 20 percent of legal cannabis business owners and founders are minorities. This reality, combined with the negative consequences of cannabis prohibition on minority ...

As we celebrate Black History Month this February, the ever-crucial issue of social equity—programs promoting equitable ownership among marginalized groups—within the legal cannabis industry has taken ...

Featuring Belicia Royster, social equity applicant, ancillary business owner, and founder/chief empowerment officer of Social Equity Empowerment Network (S.E.E.N.) What is S.E.E.N.—the Social Equity ...

In another step toward a commercial cannabis ordinance, the San Diego County Board of Supervisors Wednesday voted 3-2 in favor of a social equity program that advocates say will allow people impacted ...

Broken promises. Constant funding delays. Nonsensical regulations. Ask Kika Keith, owner of Gorilla Rx Wellness Co. in Leimert Park, about the many ways that California’s cannabis industry is broken ...

OBERLIN, Ohio — The city of Oberlin has released the final draft of its Social Equity Plan meant to address systemic barriers faced by historically marginalized and underrepresented groups. The Social ...

This paper provides clear definitions of health disparities and health equity and consistently applies a health equity lens to oncology research and practice with older adults, particularly within ...

The very thing that had once torn Ingrid Archie from her daughters and led to her incarceration now made her bubble with unbridled optimism. It was early 2019, a year after recreational pot sales ...