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BOSTON — The Massachusetts Cannabis Control Commission has finally begun issuing licenses to minority-owned businesses or to those disproportionately affected by the war on drugs.
Marijuana law in the state includes two equity provisions; the social equity program and the economic empowerment program. While both programs aim to bridge the gap between communities affected by marijuana prohibition, the criteria for each is different. The first license been issued to an economic empowerment program participant allowed the first pot shop in Boston to open this week.
Ian Woods is one of the 140 social equity program participants who has been turning his dream of taking a cannabis consulting operation to a full-scale retail business in his hometown of Brockton.
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