As we celebrate Black History Month this February, the ever-crucial issue of social equity—programs promoting equitable ownership among marginalized groups—within the legal cannabis industry has taken ...

Sean Berte and Armani White are the poster children for cannabis social equity businesses. Boston natives both, the duo set out to use the well intentioned social equity regulations to obtain a ...

Madison Shockley III thought opening a pot shop in Los Angeles would be a generational ticket to building wealth in his community. The city gave Shockley, who is Black, a special social equity license ...

In the United States, less than 20 percent of legal cannabis business owners and founders are minorities. This reality, combined with the negative consequences of cannabis prohibition on minority ...