Cannabis Industry Stakeholders Unload Concerns At Beacon Hill Hearing | Talking Joints Memo

Many who testified, including MacKinnon, addressed the apparent CCC deficiencies, but also acknowledged the agency’s progress in the past year. Kevin Gilnack, the policy co-chair for Equitable Opportunities Now, which advocates for Social Equity applicants, spoke in support of keeping the foundational structure of the CCC intact. “While the CCC deliberations are often slow and messy,” he said, they do tend to solicit the perspectives of multiple stakeholders. Addressing legislators, Gilnack added, “I urge you to fully fund the Cannabis Control Commission.”