Regulators in New York this week lifted a stringent requirement that cannabis growers in the state had decried as an “existential threat” to their operations.  NY Cannabis Insider reports that the state’s Office of Cannabis Management on Tuesday sent an email to cultivators to note that it had “updated... Read more
NY just loosened its marijuana testing requirements in a big way
The Office of Cannabis Management this afternoon eliminated its marijuana testing limits for bacteria, yeast and mold – this after conditional marijuana growers voiced concern that the majority of them can’t pass the strict rules required by the state and therefore wouldn’t be able to get their product onto... Read more
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said Sunday that he and his colleagues are “very close” to passing legislation that would authorize financial institutions to provide services to cannabis businesses. Speaking during a debate in his New York senate race, Schumer signaled that the SAFE Banking Act may finally be... Read more
The New York Office of Cannabis Management on Friday released new guidance for retail adult-use cannabis dispensaries, only weeks before the state’s newly legal recreational marijuana market is expected to launch later this year. New York lawmakers legalized cannabis last year with the passage of the Marihuana Regulation and... Read more
How Old Fashioned Tactics Can Stomp Out Illegal Pot Shops In NYC
How Old Fashioned Tactics Can Stomp Out Illegal Pot Shops In NYC – Cannabis Business Executive – Cannabis and Marijuana industry news skip to Main Content \r\n\r\n As The Mary Jane Society podcast host, she interviews leaders, innovators, creators, and entrepreneurs from all areas of the cannabis industry. Pam is highly... Read more
Legal Marijuana Still Faces High Hurdles in New York
New York’s optimism is fading Just outside the Luxury Meets Cannabis Conference in New York City last Thursday, where a well-coiffed crowd in designer clothes sampled artisanal hemp beverages and checked out discreet packaging for hash pre-rolls, stores openly sold illegal marijuana in the streets around the city’s main... Read more
LMCC Returns October 20 & 21 To Hudson Yards: Presenting The World’s Top Cannabis & CBD Beauty, Wellness, Food & Beverage Brands
Ryan Allway October 19th, 2022 News, Top News LMCC Welcomes Leaders from Ulta Beauty, Adweek, New York State Cannabis Control Board, Merida Capital Holdings, Adweek, NYC Mayor’s Office, Food & Wine, Standard Dose, Women’s Health, and Bon Appétit NEW YORK:  Luxury Meets Cannabis Conference (LMCC) today announced the complete program for... Read more
New York City’s First Cannabis Boss Wants to Combat ‘Cannaphobia’
As a child growing up in East New York, Brooklyn, at the height of the war on drugs, Dasheeda Dawson became convinced that she wanted nothing to do with weed. She was 10 when transit police officers began searching her backpack for drugs while she was on her way... Read more
As New York hurtles toward the opening of its new legal recreational marijuana market, the state is apparently “scrambling to develop a way to measure when motorists are driving while under the influence of cannabis since there’s no current standard or valid testing.” That is according to a report... Read more
The clock may be ticking on 2022, but New York is still on track to open its first recreational marijuana dispensaries by the end of the year. That is according to the state’s Democratic governor, Kathy Hochul, who said Wednesday that she expects the first official cannabis retailers to... Read more
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