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Alert: Important Message for Potential Social Equity License Applicants: DIA Map Thresholds Adjusted

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The Liquor and Cannabis Board (LCB) created the Disproportionately Impacted Area (DIA) maps based on the definitions provided by the legislature in RCW 69.50.335. The DIA maps were released two weeks ago and uploaded to our social equity website. We have since heard from community members who expressed concerns that these maps did not identify enough places that were more likely to have been impacted by the war on drugs.

After thoughtful consideration of the feedback and ensuring we follow the criteria established by the legislature, the LCB has increased the number of census tracts that qualify as a DIA by increasing the threshold of the “high rate,” which is mandated by law, from 20% to 30% for the following indicators:

  • The area has a high poverty rate;
  • The area has a high rate of participation in income-based federal programs;
  • The area has a high rate of unemployment; and
  • The area has a high rate of convictions.

Please know the LCB does not have the authority to change the above indicators to determine DIAs. The LCB appreciates the community feedback and is dedicated to implementing a program that provides licensing opportunities for those harmed by the war on drugs.



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Massachusetts: Office of the Inspector General Publishes Press Release Re Appointing A Receiver To Manage State’s Cannabis Commission

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Independent journalist Grant Smith Ellis  writes today to linked in

Press release from Massachusetts Inspector General confirms that a decision in June of 2024, by three CCC Commissioners, to strip the powers of acting agency Executive Director Debbie Hilton-Creek led to today’s emergency hearing request on Beacon Hill.

 



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Movie Time In Oregon. Special Screening of Frenchy Dreams of Hashish

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CHEECHABLE & OG EMPIRE PRESENT:

A SPECIAL 7/10 with FRENCHY CANNOLI! We are pleased to announce a special screening and Oregon premier of the movie Frenchy Dreams of Hashish, a documentary by Jake Remington. Frenchy Dreams of Hashish showcases master hashishin Frenchy Cannoli’s lifelong pursuit of perfect hashish and highlights the ethos of sustainable, sun-grown cannabis. Join us as we celebrate the art of making hash and honor the late master, Frenchy Cannoli. Get your tickets here!

 



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Curaleaf Start Process Of Getting Their Claws Into The UK’s National Health System – With Former MP (Resigned Today 30/5/24) As The Front Man

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It’ll take a while but the business plan to get Curaleaf products available via the NHS starts here…and the front man is  now former Conservative MP George Freeman

See the press release dated 28 May (scroll down)  about his involvement and and what a surprise

30 May 2024

George Freeman is no longer a Member, but was most recently the Conservative MP for Mid Norfolk, and left the Commons on 30 May 2024.

https://members.parliament.uk/member/4020/career

 

 

 

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