09-28-24 RSO News SOV PM

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“Voting is the expression of our commitment to ourselves, one another, this country, and this world.”

— Sharon Salzberg

New York is intensifying its efforts to reign in the rampant spread of unlicensed cannabis retailers, known colloquially as "rogue weed retailers," which have significantly disrupted the state's plans for a controlled and taxable marijuana industry. 

These illegal operations, estimated in the thousands throughout New York City, have posed a challenge to the state's legal cannabis market. In response, the state has launched a vigorous crackdown, closing over a thousand unlicensed shops and confiscating millions in illegal cannabis products, highlighting a concerted effort to dismantle the illicit market.

This enforcement campaign is part of a larger initiative to bolster New York's legal cannabis framework, ensuring that state-sanctioned dispensaries can thrive by collecting taxes and adhering to safety and quality standards. The existence of these rogue retailers not only starves the legal market of revenue but also operates outside of any regulatory framework, potentially risking consumer health and safety. 

To combat this, New York is also enhancing the legal market's competitiveness by integrating medical marijuana dispensaries into the recreational market, aiming to offer consumers a regulated alternative that can eventually outpace the black market through reliability and trust in product quality.

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