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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

Practice leaders will host a free webinar on “Impact and ESG in the Cannabis Industry” on July 7 at 11 a.m. 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. Here’s their full press release.

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AZ: Event / Webinar : Arizona’s New Adult Use Law- Proposition 207 adopted a Social Equity Ownership Program (SEOP), which is designed to issue licenses to entities whose owners are “from communities disproportionately impacted by the enforcement of previous marijuana laws.”

Cannabis Law Report

The purpose of the Mentorship Program will be to inform, educate, and assist potential social equity licensee applicants, by getting them up to speed with the current medical licensees. Program modules will be done online and begin running weekly. Program will continue until the social equity licenses are issued.

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Connecticut Sets Household Income Limits for Social Equity Applicants

Cannabis Law Report

The rules were announced during the council’s March 2 webinar. Applicants selected for the social equity licenses are subject to review by the SEC.

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BIPOCANN, Virginia Minority Cannabis Coalition, Nolef Turns and Columbia Care Join Forces to Drive Social Equity Opportunities in Virginia Cannabis Industry

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Justice reform: Nolef Turns provides direct services to justice-involved individuals; advocacy that raises awareness of the need for resentencing, ending the war on drugs, probation and parole reform; and an expedited path to automatic expungements. Learn more about their program offerings. About Columbia Care.

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Perfecting cannabis with Michael Backes

The Cannigma

So we’ll be celebrating our anniversary this year, which also is going to include a yearbook, an anniversary yearbook that we’re going to put out later this year, which is going to talk about all the advocacy efforts that AFSA has done in the 20 years. The patient program is really important. That is definitely true.

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Minorities in cannabis, with Steven Philpott Jr.

The Cannigma

We’ve got a really interesting webinar coming up later this month on February 24. And we’re going to be focusing on Black-owned and social equity-focused brands on that webinar, so be sure to sign up and tune in. We always have a nice little tidbit when we’re all about advocacy and access to cannabis for all.

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USDA Anounces Plans To Promulgate Regulations In Fall 2019

Cannabis Law Report

Hemp Production Program. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to issue regulations and guidance to implement a program for the commercial production of industrial hemp in the United States. USDA provided additional guidance to these programs in the August 2016 multi-agency Statement of Principles on Industrial Hemp (FR 53395).