Thank you for your interest in Equitable Opportunities Now’s media relations! Please see below for the most recent EON news coverage and media releases.
Please direct media inquiries to Equitable Opportunities Now Co-Founder Shanel Lindsay.
EON In the News
- State lawmakers weigh independence, structure of Cannabis Control Commission as they consider reforms | GBH News
- Does the Cannabis Control Commission need legislative intervention? | State House News / NBC 10 Boston
- Cannabis Industry Stakeholders Unload Concerns At Beacon Hill Hearing | Talking Joints Memo
- The cannabis industry is fighting over how many stores one company can own. Here’s why. | The Boston Globe
- Recap + Guest Opinion: Please Advance The Social Equity Trust Fund Fix | Talking Joints Memo
- Cannabis Control Commission votes to put new restrictions on payments to municipalities | Worcester Telegram & Gazette
- Lawsuit, Scandals, And Audit Aside, Massachusetts Regulators Approve Major Changes | The Bluntness
- Guest Opinion: Black And Brown Cannabis Entrepreneurs Can’t Afford To Keep Waiting | Talking Joints Memo
- Guest Opinion: Where Is Mass Cannabis Tax Revenue Going? | Talking Joints Memo
Press Releases & Media Advisories
- EON, BECMA, & Equity Operators call for five-year extension of delivery exclusivity periodIn response to the Cannabis Control Commission’s request for feedback on the delivery license exclusivity period for social equity businesses, Equitable Opportunities Now, the Black Economic Council of Massachusetts, members of EON’s Massachusetts Cannabis Equity Council, and other small business owners testified at the CCC’s Dec. 11 public listening session… Read more: EON, BECMA, & Equity Operators call for five-year extension of delivery exclusivity period
- EON Urges CCC to improve ownership data transparency & tip line and urges Legislature to protect competitionFollowing up on a previous call for an investigation into alleged license cap violations, EON and members of our Mass. Cannabis Equity Council sent the following letter urging the CCC to improve ownership data transparency & tip line and urge the Legislature to protect competition. Dear Acting Chair Stebbins and… Read more: EON Urges CCC to improve ownership data transparency & tip line and urges Legislature to protect competition
- Public Comments to Joint Committee on Cannabis Policy Regarding the Cannabis Control CommissionOn Wednesday, Oct. 30, representatives from EON and our Massachusetts Cannabis Equity Council were invited to testify before the Joint Committee on Cannabis Policy regarding governance and operational issues at the Cannabis Control Commission. Check out remarks from EON Policy Co-Chair Kevin Gilnack, Zèb Boutique Owner Drudys Ledbetter, and Dris Brands Owner Chris Fevry in the hearing video and read our full letter to the Committee below.
- Public comments regarding license transferability in the City of BostonAfter extensive outreach to the 17 social equity business owners of MCEC with provisional and/or final licenses, and dozens of other equity and general applicants and licensees, it is clear that this is an important, timely, and complex conversation.
- Public comments regarding Independent Testing Labs, Third Party Transporters, and the need to avoid delay of delivery regulatory changesWe are writing to express concern that ongoing deliberations regarding changes to the third-party transporter and Independent Testing Lab (ITL) should not cause any further delay in advancing these critical and overdue changes for equity businesses, microbusinesses, and patients.