Chicago NORML: Social Equity Licenses Just the Start

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Stephen Simpson, executive secretary of the cannabis advocacy group Chicago NORML, spoke with John Lothian News about the group’s social equity agenda and why the imminent awarding of 75 new dispensary licenses is just one item on a long checklist.

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