Beware the Empire

A State Senate hearing this week on New York’s legal cannabis rollout highlighted flaws in the system, including a proliferation of thousands of illegal pot shops operating across the state. The law to allow the regulated sale of adult recreational marijuana was approved in 2021. Since then, bureaucratic roadblocks and court injunctions have slowed the program. Only about two … [Read more...] about In hearing, Senators tell the state’s cannabis regulators they need to do more to close down illegal pot shops