
In New York, the burgeoning cannabis industry faces significant regulatory challenges, including delays in the licensing process for growers and sellers, prioritization of licenses for previously unlicensed shops, and legal challenges against the state's Cannabis Control Board over vague dispensary proximity rules. These issues have contributed to a troubled legalization process, with state lawmakers proposing to revoke the tobacco, liquor, and lottery licenses of stores selling cannabis illegally as a new enforcement strategy.
Grasping for tools to weed out illegal cannabis shops in NYC, state lawmakers proposed a new plan: Revoking the tobacco, liquor and lottery licenses from rule-breaking stores that sell pot. https://t.co/N2Jue7rLJk
New York’s pot legalization "disaster" was entirely predictable. The state’s policies and practices seemed designed to strangle the legal marijuana supply. https://t.co/VFa1ntnPeW
A marijuana company is suing the New York State Cannabis Control Board and Office of Cannabis Management, along with others, alleging rules restricting how close dispensaries can be to one another are too vague. https://t.co/Fq0NKbLZ5h


