The Marijuana Regulatory Agency (MRA) announced the details of its Michigan Social Equity Program. The program is designed to encourage participation in the marijuana industry by those in communities that have been disproportionately impacted by marijuana prohibition and enforcement.
Over the last several months, the agency sought input from approximately 150 stakeholders in work groups, including Cannabis Legal Group’s founding attorney Barton Morris and associate attorney Jennifer Domingue. An online survey was also distributed to help determine critical criteria the MRA should use to identify disproportionately impacted communities, which resulted in identifying the following 19 communities:
- Albion
- Benton Harbor
- Detroit
- East Lansing
- Ecorse
- Flint
- Highland Park
- Hamtramck
- Inkster
- Kalamazoo
- Mt. Morris
- Mt. Pleasant
- Muskegon
- Muskegon Heights
- Niles
- Pontiac
- River Rouge
- Saginaw
- Ypsilanti