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Playboy Gets Fired Up For Cannabis Advocacy and Reform

Veriheal

Now the cannabis movement has a new ally—Playboy Enterprises, owners of the infamous adult magazine. Back in the 1970s, a donation from Playboy was instrumental in the foundation of the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws (NORML). Playboy is much more than adult content in a magazine.

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The Birds Are Chirping About Cannabis Advertising

Veriheal

There are cannabis festivals, events, expos, and magazines all offer you great opportunities. Beyond newspapers and magazines, what other options are there for cannabis businesses to advertise? Not all cannabis is marijuana or THC and this makes things very confusing. What do you do?

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Paper: Racial Capitalism and the African American Experience Entering the Cannabis Industry By Dr. Ayoka Nurse

Cannabis Law Report

The current public policies in local and state cannabis ordinance and equity programs may enhance racial disparities if they follow the pattern of exclusion and criminalization that encompass past policies promoted as beneficial to African Americans but uphold racial capitalistic practices. Authored By: By Dr. Ayoka Nurse.

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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

Vicente Sederberg LLP (VS) announced Tuesday it has formed an environmental, social, and governance (ESG) practice aimed at helping the burgeoning marijuana and hemp industries become leaders in sustainability, corporate social responsibility (CSR), and diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI). Christian Sederberg. About Vicente Sederberg LLP.

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

Cannabis Law Report

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. of cannabis business respectively, according to Marijuana Business Daily’s 2021 Women and Minorities in the Cannabis Industry Report.

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

NORML

For NORML’s 50th anniversary, every Friday we will be posting a blog from NORML’s Founder Keith Stroup as he reflects back on a lifetime as America’s foremost marijuana smoker and legalization advocate. If one was convicted of a felony for selling marijuana, the DC bar would get involved.

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Will Cannabis Cup Ticket Holders be Reimbursed By High Times After Halloween Cannabis Cup “postponement”

Cannabis Law Report

The magazine refutes “some claims” that they did not plan to reimburse ticket buyers and the magazine says tickets to the October event will be honored at future Cannabis Cups “in that venue or elsewhere.” Alternatively, those seeking a refund can email CannabisCupHelp.” Here’ s the Denton Daily report.

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