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05/10/2021 09:28 AM EDT
THE BUZZ MAGA MANIA: As the Republican Party nationally wrestles with its allegiance to Donald Trump, California Rep. Devin Nunes gathered thousands in Tulare Saturday at a “Freedom Fest” that waved the #MAGA flag. He offered full-throated support to the former president and drew a pair of high-profile California Republicans whose very political survival may depend on their ability to appeal across the aisle.
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The tribal council for the Cherokee in western North Carolina voted Thursday to legalize medical marijuana on tribal lands. The tribal land will be the first area in the state with legal possession of pot.
The vote makes possession of up to one ounce of marijuana by people 21 and older legal on tribal land, called the Qualla Boundary.
It’s still illegal to grow or sell pot on the tribe’s land. But Principal Chief Richard Sneed said this vote is just the first in what will be a series of moves to legalize marijuana on tribal lands.
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Getting it right
Issue 164: Social equity remains front and center at CRC meeting, N.Y. state parade, elsewhere. Plus, Peoples-Stokes joins our N.Y. business event.
Updated on 11:10 PM;
Today 9:54 PM
This week’s theme of getting it right is not an easy task.
In a world of globalization and intersection, getting it right has never been harder.
With cannabis, the accompanying harms inflicted upon communities affected by trauma from the War on Drugs has bore witness to the potential for something that has often eluded them.
Economic justice.
The cannabis industry, new in its incarnation, represents the old business adage that it is easier to adapt something new than it is to try to change something old.
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WEST PALM BEACH, Fla., May 06, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) AFC Gamma, Inc. (NASDAQ:AFCG) ( AFC ) today announced it has provided a credit facility of $22 million to Justice Cannabis Co., a Chicago-based multi-state operator with licenses in eight states. The credit facility is designed to provide Justice Cannabis Co. with the capital necessary to purchase and complete the build out of its 72,000 square foot cultivation and processing facility, along with the buildout of a dispensary, both in Ewing, New Jersey. We are pleased to support Justice Cannabis Co. as it continues to expand its operations in New Jersey, said Leonard M. Tannenbaum, AFC s Chief Executive Officer. With adult use marijuana recently legalized in the state, we believe New Jersey will have favorable supply and demand dynamics for years to come and we are excited to be working with Justice Cannabis Co. in order to fully capitalize on this growing market.
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AFC Gamma Provides Justice Cannabis Co. With $22 Million Senior Secured Credit Facility to Fund .
AFC Gamma, Inc.May 6, 2021 GMT
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla., May 06, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) AFC Gamma, Inc. (NASDAQ:AFCG) (“AFC”) today announced it has provided a credit facility of $22 million to Justice Cannabis Co., a Chicago-based multi-state operator with licenses in eight states. The credit facility is designed to provide Justice Cannabis Co. with the capital necessary to purchase and complete the build out of its 72,000 square foot cultivation and processing facility, along with the buildout of a dispensary, both in Ewing, New Jersey.