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Community speakers press CCB on social equity, consumption lounges and affordability
Cannabis Compliance Board (CCB) · August 13, 2025
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Summary
Public commenters at the CCB meeting urged stronger social-equity programs, questioned industry priorities and affordability, and called for state-led community training and consumption-lounge strategies to curb the 'black market.'
Several public commenters used the board’s public‑comment periods to urge more active CCB engagement with communities and social‑equity programs and to voice frustration about the licensed cannabis market’s direction.
Ron Baker, who identified himself as representing the cannabis community rather than the industry, told the board he…
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