Under new leadership, cannabis industry’s troubled Social Equity Council looks to relaunch community grants program, create closer ties with marijuana entrepreneurs

[[{“value”:”Under new leadership, cannabis industry’s troubled Social Equity Council looks to relaunch community grants program, create closer ties with marijuana entrepreneurs | Hartford Business Journal

“}]] [[{“value”:”While he was a state legislator representing Hartford, Brandon McGee helped draft the bill to legalize recreational cannabis use in Connecticut.

That legislation included the idea for the Social Equity Council (SEC), the body charged with helping approve cannabis businesses, reinvesting the financial windfall from startup license fees into programs that help communities most impacted historically by drug arrests, and overseeing a startup loan fund.

Now, some four years later, McGee finds himself heading up that body as its executive director.”}]]  Read More  

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