Arizona awards highly sought social equity marijuana licenses

More than 1,500 applications had been submitted.’s provision that ensured there would be licenses for "people from communities disproportionately impacted by the enforcement of previous marijuana laws."and a corporation filed a lawsuit challenging the rules the state used to give out the licenses. They argued the rules lack provisions like a prohibition against license transfers and a requirement that licensees’ expenditures and profits remain in their communities.

Herrington applauded Arizona’s program as a model for other states. He said the legal challenges ultimately didn’t delay the assignment of the licenses.

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