An Arizona judge has declined to revoke and reassign an adult-use marijuana social equity permit that a lawsuit claimed was stolen from a qualifying applicant via predatory means, court records show.
Allegations have swirled for years in Arizona that out-of-state moneyed interests hijacked the licensing process for the 26 so-called social equity stores that state officials permitted in line with the adult-use legalization law voters approved in 2020.
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Proposed legislation that would have “reset” the contested process failed in the state Legislature earlier this year, so aggrieved social equity applicants have resorted to the courts.
Case in point
In one such case, Arizona resident Anavel Vasquez claimed she had been approached by investors to file an application for one of the social equity
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