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

While he was a state legislator representing Hartford, Brandon McGee helped draft the bill to legalize recreational cannabis use in Connecticut. Source: https://www.hartfordbusiness.com/article/under-new-leadership-cannabis-industrys-troubled-social-equity-council-looks-to-relaunch 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 […]