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Playboy Gets Fired Up For Cannabis Advocacy and Reform

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Now the cannabis movement has a new ally—Playboy Enterprises, owners of the infamous adult magazine. A year prior to that, the magazine published an article under the heading “Pot: A Rational Approach.” The campaign will be focusing on implementing changes in public policy through advocating for legislation.

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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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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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The Birds Are Chirping About Cannabis Advertising

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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? And on top of this, your ability to advertise is either prohibited altogether, greatly restricted, or extremely limited. What do you do?

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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

DEI policies and integration across supply chain, vendor, recruitment, and employment practices. 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. Employee engagement surveying and planning.

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US HEMP AUTHORITY TO HOLD VIRTUAL PUBLIC SESSION ON MARCH 27th AT 2pm (EST)

Cannabis Law Report

While the program initially planned to offer in-person public sessions at the now-cancelled Natural Products Expo West ® and NOCO Hemp Expo conferences, the nation’s response to the COVID-19 crisis merited that this meeting, open to the public, now be held virtually, via the Zoom Conferencing Platform, on March 27 th from 2pm – 3pm ET.

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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?