Cannabis Briefs for February 6, 2024
February 6, 2024•New York governor Kathy Hochul recently called the state’s adult-use cannabis rollout a disaster, blaming the law passed by her predecessor Andrew Cuomo for the lack of licensed retailers and the proliferation of black market shops. Responding to questions from the Buffalo News, Hochul said that the law, as passed, lacked meaningful enforcement against illegal shops and was a failure from the beginning. Beyond slamming the legal-use rollout, Hochul pledged to continue to find ways to tackle the illicit retail market, including by trying to speed up the licensing process. New York state had an estimated $150 million in cannabis retail sales last year, nearly 10 times less than Missouri, which also began adult-use sales in 2023.
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