While he was a state legislator representing Hartford, Brandon McGee helped draft the bill to legalize recreational cannabis use in Connecticut.
That legislation included the idea for the Social Equity Council (SEC), the body charged with helping approve cannabis businesses, reinvesting the financial windfall from startup license fees into programs that help communities most impacted historically by drug arrests, and overseeing a startup loan fund. Now, some four years later, McGee finds himself heading up that body as its executive director.
"It's a full circle moment for me," said McGee. "I am extremely fortunate to be in this position to help reimagine communities most hit by the war on drugs. So that said, there was no hesitation" to take the job.
No one would have blamed McGee if he had hesitated, because he took the council's reins at a time of turmoil.
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