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James Paleologopoulos
Boston University Statehouse Program
BOSTON — While lawmakers in Connecticut and Rhode Island explore ways to legalize adult-use cannabis and also ensure social equity, regulators in Massachusetts are pushing further with their own programs to enable people disadvantaged by previous marijuana laws to benefit from the economic possibilities offered by legalization.
One bill in Connecticut would create a “social equity council,” as well as a “Cannabis Equity and Innovation Account,” which would fund workforce development programs and offer grants with cash from potential cannabis excise tax revenue.
Meanwhile, a bill in Rhode Island would create a “social equity assistance fund” to provide no-interest loans to business owners affected by past cannabis prohibition laws.
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By Dan Adams Globe Staff,Updated May 11, 2021, 7:44 p.m.
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State Senator Patricia D. Jehlen of Somerville at a hearing of the Legislature's Joint Committee on Cannabis Policy in 2018.Pat Greenhouse
Massachusetts lawmakers on Tuesday took blistering testimony from attorneys, entrepreneurs, and advocates who slammed the stateâs local approval process for marijuana companies as little more than a form of legal extortion â one they said has allowed municipalities to collect and spend millions of dollars in unjustified fees without accountability or transparency.
The virtual hearing by the Legislatureâs Joint Committee on Cannabis Policy centered on a handful of proposed bills that would reform how prospective cannabis operators and local officials negotiate so-called âhost community agreements.â
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One bill in Connecticut would create a “social equity council” as well as a “Cannabis Equity and Innovation Account,” funding workforce development programs and offering grants with cash from potential cannabis excise tax revenue. Meanwhile, a bill in Rhode Island would create a “social equity assistance fund” to provide no-interest loans to business owners affected by past cannabis prohibition laws.
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Issue 164: Social equity remains front and center at CRC meeting, N.Y. state parade, elsewhere. Plus, Peoples-Stokes joins our N.Y. business event.
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This week’s theme of getting it right is not an easy task.
In a world of globalization and intersection, getting it right has never been harder.
With cannabis, the accompanying harms inflicted upon communities affected by trauma from the War on Drugs has bore witness to the potential for something that has often eluded them.
Economic justice.
The cannabis industry, new in its incarnation, represents the old business adage that it is easier to adapt something new than it is to try to change something old.
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