After A Cannabis Arrest, This Massachusetts Woman Found A New Lease On Life
Cannabis Culture
Wed, Dec 6
Key Points
- The Social Equity Program in Massachusetts aims to encourage participation in the cannabis industry by individuals who were disproportionately affected by the prohibition of marijuana.
- The program offers free advice and training, fast-tracked license reviews, and waived fees to help people enter the industry.
- Alissa Nowak, a beneficiary of the program, shared her story and highlighted the difficulties faced by individuals with past marijuana-related arrests in resuming normal lives.
- The article emphasizes the importance of social equity programs in addressing the consequences of the long "war on drugs" and creating opportunities for those who were negatively affected.
One key goal, when the legal cannabis era arrived in Massachusetts, was to encourage participation by people who paid a high price during the years marijuana was seen as the evil weed.
The Social Equity Program run by the Cannabis Control Commission has helped scores of people enter the industry by offering free advice and training, expedited license reviews and waived fees.
Alissa Nowak is one of those people. Her story, told the other day on MassLive, puts a face on the consequences of marijuana’s long prohibition. Her experience reveals how arrests for even relatively minor transgressions, during the long “war on drugs,” made it hard for people to resume normal lives.
– Read the entire article at Masslive.