Cannabis Social Equity Bill Introduced
HB 3112 Would Use Cannabis Tax Dollars to Repair Harm in Communities Due to Cannabis Criminalization
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PORTLAND, Ore., Feb. 3, 2021 /PRNewswire/ Repairing the harm from decades of inequity from the War on Drugs is the goal of the Cannabis Social Equity Act introduced this week by a coalition of legislators in the Oregon State Legislature. HB 3112 is the culmination of months of work led by former State Rep. Akasha Lawrence Spencer including numerous cannabis companies, the NuLeaf Project, the Oregon Cannabis Association, the Oregon Retailers of Cannabis Association, the City of Portland, Urban League, and law students from Willamette University.