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
- REPORT: Cannabis Industry Opposes License Changes 5:1, Per TestimonyNew Analysis Reveals 5:1 Opposition from All Applicants & Licensees, 18:1 Opposition from Social Equity Businesses
- MA House passes bill to significantly expand MSO market controlPotential law would double MSO licenses & allow 35% ownership in unlimited companies…
- You’re Invited: Cannabis Equity Policy Update and Networking & Consumption ReceptionDon’t miss this opportunity to reconnect in-person, learn, and make a difference!
- Social Consumption Public Comments to the Cannabis Control CommissionIn 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.
- 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