illinois social equity program is on the verge of collapse due to the states laborious rules and regulations cannabis equity advocates and business owners warn ambrose jackson of the 1937 group said that those running equity businesses ended up sidelined for years while cannabis companies that were among the first to enter the new market prospered reported abc7 chicago im waving a flag for governor pritzker and illinois legislators and whos being hurt its us the very people who this program is meant to help jackson said the state recently issued 185 total adultuse cannabis dispensary licenses to social equity applicants including three additional conditional adult use licenses handed out by gov jb pritzker and the illinois department of financial and professional regulation idfpr to applicants who were selected in lotteries held during summer of 2021 meanwhile illinois recreational cannabis sales saw a 46 sequential drop in august to 1294 million after breaking a record in july with the largest monthly sales yeartodate the seattle city council recently greenlighted three bills that seek to set up equity policies in the cannabis industry and address those affected by the war on drugs reported q13 fox more specifically the measures aim to   cb 120391 – expresses the seattles intent to engage in cannabis equity expungement of cannabis convictions equity work and funding and develop a needs assessment for needs within the workforce and cannabis industry   cb 120393 – requires employers to take action to develop job retention security and stability within the cannabis industry the legislation will be effective 30 days after mayor bruce harrell signs them into law