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As Weed Market Grows, Cities Struggle to Adopt Social Equity Measures

MichMash Politics

English - August 28, 2020 19:18 - 11 minutes - 10.1 MB - ★★★★★ - 3 ratings
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As Michigan’s recreational marijuana market expands, many communities are trying to build social equity measures into their licensing process. The goal is to give people who have been disproportionately affected by anti-drug laws more opportunities to open retail shops. MichMash hosts Cheyna Roth and Jake Neher talk with MLive's Gus Burns, who says those efforts are not going well so far.