While the state has been working to set up a regulatory structure, accept applications for cannabis businesses and review them, stores selling pot cigarettes and dried flower have sprung up all over the Big Apple and other parts of the state.
In a city known for its entrepreneurial skills, it’s no wonder that New York has seen an explosion of stores openly selling cannabis even though the state has yet to issue licenses.
Law enforcement authorities raided an unlicensed vape and cannabis shop in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn, called Big Chief. Police and made two arrests, according to reports this week. Damian Fagon, chief equity officer with the New York Office of Cannabis Management, told Fox 5 New York that businesses that jump the gun on opening retail cannabis stores will not get licenses.
The state also is working to avoid mistakes in other states such as California, where consumers often buy cannabis from the unregulated and illegal market. Meanwhile, the price of cannabis has been dropping across the U.S. amid oversupply and competition among legal and illegal growers.New York City Mayor Eric Adams sparked unregulated cannabis market activity by proclaiming earlier this year that police would issue warnings to stores and avoid “heavy handedness.
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