By: Andrew P. Cooper, Esq., LL.M. with contributions from Terran Cooper Yesterday afternoon President Biden announced that his administration will pardon all prior federal offenders charged with “simple marijuana...
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New York Takes Another Step Closer to Adult-Use Cannabis: OCM Releases Draft Rules on Packaging and Marketing
Jun 09, 2022
The Office of Cannabis Management (OCM) released draft regulations for the packaging, labeling, marketing, and advertising of cannabis products in New York State....
Cannabis Control Board Prioritizes Prior Cannabis Convictions in Retail – Will New York Achieve Social Equity?
Mar 11, 2022
The regulations will give retail priority to “justice involved” individuals, meaning those with prior cannabis convictions, and to those with a family member or legal guardian with prior cannabis convictions....
The program will now allow for practitioners to certify patients for any condition that the practitioner believes can be treated with medical cannabis....
The head of New York’s Cannabis Control Board said the state's first adult-use cannabis licenses will not be issued until at least 2023....
New York Governor Kathy Hochul announced her final two appointees to oversee and regulate the state’s cannabis industry....
The state’s Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie and Senate Majority Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins appointed two new members to New York's Cannabis Control Board....
Governor Kathy Hochul Appoints Two Members of the Cannabis Control Board; Confirmed by Senate
Sep 02, 2021
Governor Kathy Hochul put two key people in place to oversee and regulate New York State's cannabis industry....