New Analysis Reveals 5:1 Opposition from All Applicants & Licensees, 18:1 Opposition from Social Equity Businesses
Category: Mass. Cannabis Equity Council
Potential law would double MSO licenses & allow 35% ownership in unlimited companies…
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Well-funded multistate operators (MSOs) and their lobbyists filed EIGHT bills to seize greater control of Massachusetts’ cannabis industry.
But there’s good news: EON and our legislative champions have a bold legislative agenda to empower equity operators and strengthen the entire industry — without letting MSOs undermine fairness and competition.
In response to a request for informal public comments, EON submitted the following letter to the Cannabis Control Commission highlighting the many commendable components of its draft social consumption regulations and the process of developing them, and detailing opportunities to strengthen the proposed framework for this new subsector of the cannabis industry.
In 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 and submitted the letter below. […]
Following 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 Commissioners Camargo, Concepcion, and Roy: […]
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Eight years after Massachusetts voters passed a ballot law legalizing the adult use of marijuana, state legislators are exploring whether there are ways to make the cannabis regulatory system work better for businesses, consumers and others involved in the industry.
Donahue asked several of the people and groups that were invited to testify Wednesday (the CCC was not invited to testify) whether they thought that the statutory structure of the CCC contributed to the issues they raised. He asked about how other state cannabis oversight agencies are structured and whether moving the CCC under an executive office might make sense.
That idea would be a non-starter for Kevin Gilnack, the policy co-chair for Equitable Opportunities Now, though he did agree that “recent events obviously have highlighted the need for some potential clarification and enhancements of the CCC’s authorizing statute.”