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Playboy Gets Fired Up For Cannabis Advocacy and Reform

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The cannabis advocacy movement goes back many years and involves many people. Cannabis advocacy as a whole has been such a successful movement because it has had such a wide variety of people and organizations on its side. Now the cannabis movement has a new ally—Playboy Enterprises, owners of the infamous adult magazine.

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Nation’s Largest Event for Black Cannabis Professionals Returns, Kicks Off in New Orleans from November 18-20

Cannabis Law Report

Black CannaBusiness Magazine, the premier publisher of B2B content for African Ameicans doing business in the cannabis industry, is pleased to announce the second annual Black CannaConference & Expo (“Black CannaCon”), the only B2B conference for Black professionals in cannabis. Here’s their press release.

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

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Even with diversity efforts, in 2020, only 11 total licenses had been granted to the 143 participants of the Massachusetts social equity program and the 122 certified economic empowerment applicants, as reported by WGBH News. So the question is: Why don’t more Black entrepreneurs have licenses or cannabis businesses?

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Denver Firm Vicente Sederberg Launches ESG Practice, Aims to Help Marijuana and Hemp Industries Lead on Sustainability, Social Responsibility, and Diversity

Cannabis Law Report

Investors seeking opportunities in the cannabis industry are increasingly asking about companies’ ESG initiatives, programs, and progress,” said Kim Napoli, VS counsel and director of DEI. VS has advocated for cannabis social equity programs across the U.S. Employee engagement surveying and planning. Christian Sederberg.

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Nevada NORML: A Year in Review

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April 2018: “Setting the Record Straight” Program. July 2018: Social Use Venue Advocacy. December 2018: “Access for All” Patient Voucher Program. We look forward to building this program out even more in 2019! Visit lvnorml.org/patients for more info. Growing our squad.

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A Founder Looks at 50: Attorney Gerry Goldstein and the Early Years of NORML

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While privately most of these volunteer supporters were also marijuana smokers, they had to be especially careful to conceal their use in order to avoid being targeted by local law enforcement who might find their pro-legalization advocacy threatening. Few people have had more impact shaping NORML policies and programs than Gerry Goldstein.

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Former State Rep. Diane Russell on Maine’s Cannabis Legalization Woes

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At the time, the state’s legalization bill was one of the most progressive, which included protections for home growers, preservation of one of the nation’s best medical marijuana programs, and a social consumption clause that would’ve made Maine one of the first states to host licensed cannabis bars and lounges.