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

 

[vapviking]

All 7 of the stores owned by the same guy.

$15 million fine for 7 unlicensed cannabis dispensaries in upstate New York

New York Attorney General Letitia James secured a $15.2 million judgment against the owner of seven unlicensed cannabis dispensaries in Cayuga, Oswego, and Wayn

cnycentral.com

Why does the news outlet call these 'dispensaries?"

Why are any cannabis stores called dispensaries? Stupid name in the first place, even for a medical cannabis store.

The other dispensaries are primarily, like, methadone clinics

 

[macbill]

Lawsuit aims to stop NYC's mass crackdown on marijuana shops, says it's unconstitutional

“Operation Padlock to Protect,” closed more than 300 stores suspected of making unlicensed cannabis sales between May 7 and June 3, according to Mayor Eric Adams' office.

gothamist.com

 

[Razhumikin]

Lawsuit aims to stop NYC's mass crackdown on marijuana shops, says it's unconstitutional

“Operation Padlock to Protect,” closed more than 300 stores suspected of making unlicensed cannabis sales between May 7 and June 3, according to Mayor Eric Adams' office.

gothamist.com

Hmmm, on the one hand I hate these fucking shops that only have stupid mids for $60/8th in shiny bags that look like kids treats or have anime characters on them, they give us stoners such a bad name, but on the other hand, I HATE Eric Adams more than almost anything, so this ones a puzzler.