The Social Equity Heist: Disparity Is a Feature, Not a Bug
Strict enforcement for the little guy. Loopholes for the powerful. Missouri removed the same bad actors that Arizona’s leaders allow to operate unchecked.
In this report, we examine how Arizona regulators stripped a young worker of a basic permit to serve cannabis behind the counter, yet allowed a well-connected owner with a felony record and 22 licenses revoked in Missouri to keep his lucrative Arizona licenses in violation of state rules. While Missouri has aggressively cracked down on the same kind of …
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