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What is Social Equity and is it happening in the Cannabis Industry?

Cannabis Life Network

We all know the cannabis industry has blown up and shows no signs of slowing down, with continued legalization and slowly fewer stereotypes and stigmas. 2021 reports show that the 37 states with legal cannabis offered 321,000 full-time jobs in cannabis.

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Kush At Kish! Illinois College To Offer Hemp & Cannabis Courses

Cannabis Law Report

Kishwaukee College will offer a new certificate in cannabis and hemp cultivation starting in fall 2021. Kish was one of seven community colleges in Illinois selected for the cannabis community college vocational pilot program. Illinois Gov.

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Fortune: Black cannabis entrepreneurs account for less than 2% of the nation’s marijuana businesses

Cannabis Law Report

In 2022, the landscape of the legal cannabis industry is still as homogenous as ever, and it’s getting worse. A 2017 survey from Marijuana Business Daily found that 81% of American cannabis business owners and founders were white and 10% of cannabis business founders identified as Hispanic/Latino or Black.

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Green Market Report: Women are Losing Power in Cannabis at an Alarming Rate

Cannabis Law Report

Great report from GMR cutting through the corporate b t propaganda and all that feelgood wellness fluff that keeps pumping out good news messages in the belief that if it is said enough it’ll be believed. In October 2017 Marijuana Business released the results of a survey on women in the cannabis industry.

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Dominica government now ready to explore investment possibilities in cannabis says PM Skerrit

Cannabis Law Report

Dominica News Online reports. The Government of Dominica is now ready to explore the possibilities that investments in cannabis offer. Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit made that disclosure during his presentation of the National Budget for the Fiscal Year 2021-2022 in Parliament last week.

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Americans on pace to spend twice as much on weed as on milk

SpeedWeed

Americans spent more than $12 billion on legal cannabis products in the first six months of 2021, according to data analyzed by Leafly and Whitney Economics. Cannabis sales topped $18 billion in 2020. Cannabis sales topped $18 billion in 2020. legal cannabis market is gaining momentum for a strong back half of the year.

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Nonprofit receives IRS approval to help cannabis job seekers

Cannabis Law Report

A Grand Rapids-based organization helping cannabis job seekers recently received formal 501(c)(3) status. Courtesy Our Cannabis. “A A cannabis nonprofit is a rarity in the field,” said Matt Hoffmann, co-founder and chair of Our Cannabis. “To In Michigan, cannabis sales increased by 81% in 2021, reaching $1.79