“This is very good news,” said attorney Don Craven, who represents several companies that won licenses. “It adds a level of certainty they have not had.”
Many growers expect to take six months to a year or more to open. Of the first batch of up to 40 craft grows authorized in 2021, justThe announcement means that nearly half of all 341 craft growers, transporters and infusers licensed by the state Department of Agriculture are Black or brown majority-owned firms.
But state law limits craft growers to 5,000 square feet of growing space, a tiny fraction of the 210,000 square feet of canopy space that the originally licensed, white-owned cultivation centers are allowed. Craft growers hope new legislation will increase their size limit, which would make it easier to get financing.
These so called “diversity/social justice oriented” dispensaries are basically corporate pot dealers. Giving crumbs while pocketing millions. Like Big Pharma. Doctors, the new “dealers” drug reps, the distributors, and Big Pharma the cartel. Government their muscle/protection.