New York Cannabis News

[Ned Bogan]

Here is the article I quoted.

NYC will soon let you grow marijuana at home. Here are the proposed rules.

Just watch out for annoying your neighbors with the smell.

gothamist.com

Thanks for that link.

I believe NYS has to finalize and enact the home cultivation regs before the end of June, so it should be interesting to watch their progress for the next ~5 months. I hope they don't screw this up as badly as they did with licensing, but they haven't yet shown me any reason to be optimistic.

 

[macbill]

How do cannabis users feel about legal dispensaries so far?

The slow and shaky rollout of cannabis dispensaries in New York provides consumer benefit and greater accountability but comes at a price

www.timesunion.com

 

[jbm]

Interesting article: https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/...k-was-going-to-be-just-and-fair-what-happened

 

[macbill]

UWS illegal weed shops popping up like, well... weeds, councilmember's survey finds

Gale Brewer's staff went door-to-door looking for unlicensed marijuana shops.

gothamist.com

 

[macbill]

Person at center of NY Office of Cannabis Management enforcement sues state agency

Jenny Argie filed a lawsuit in Albany Supreme Court after her products were seized and her facility temporarily shut down.

www.syracuse.com

 

[vapviking]

Person at center of NY Office of Cannabis Management enforcement sues state agency

Jenny Argie filed a lawsuit in Albany Supreme Court after her products were seized and her facility temporarily shut down.

www.syracuse.com

The next chapter,

Top state cannabis official Damian Fagon put on administrative leave following NY Cannabis Insider investigation

The Office of Cannabis Management’s chief equity officer faced allegations of retaliation, selective enforcement and a lawsuit.

www.syracuse.com

 

[vapviking]

NY Farmers losing, again

‘Witnessing the collapse’: NY rescue bill for cannabis farmers in jeopardy

As a final budget nears the finish line, the bill – intended to bail out the state's licensed cultivators – looks dead in the water.

www.syracuse.com