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TwilitSky t1_j52ui0v wrote

Were they seriously supposed to wait years for these clowns to get their act together and issue licenses? It's 2023 and we approved this in 2021. It's ridiculous and they only have themselves to blame for the unlicensed marijuana market.

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dancetothiscomment t1_j57exkw wrote

Massachussets, California also took a ton of time for the dispensaries to open up

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MirthandMystery t1_j538a01 wrote

Unlicensed dealers shouldn’t be allowed to sell but real estate folks are looking the other way and renting them store space, while after they set up enforcement is too lax and/or understaffed to shut them down.

As far as a timeline, this is an entirely new industry, an epochal change and multiple factors have played a role in States hesitation setting up a legal system- partly due to banking rules, assessing grower quality and licensing, limits with Federal laws but primarily in NY has been how to implement it first by establishing legal licenses and deciding who gets them-while trying to be fair and equitable. Not easy and needs to be structured right so you don’t have to totally rewrite it later if things go haywire. Governing isn’t easy.

And it would’ve likely happened closer to mid 2020 were it not for a years set back due to the pandemic and time spent on lockdown. As is things have been rolled out incredibly fast, and like anything big and new, there will be delays and bumps along the way.

Remember how far we’ve come in just a year:

https://spectrumlocalnews.com/nys/central-ny/ny-state-of-politics/2020/11/18/cannabis-legalization-in-new-york--d-j--vu-all-over-again-

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TwilitSky t1_j538i4q wrote

We have examples of other places where it was successfully implemented. It wouldn't be outside the realm of normalcy to simply copy the laws and licensing schemes and then make them our own.

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MirthandMystery t1_j539h9f wrote

I’d agree copying a successful template may work for a dry start, that could be tweaked and adjusted after- if we were a smaller less complicated state but NYC and NY are legally the same, with very different legal dynamics and hurdles.

Definitely more complicated that anywhere else in that NYC alone is like a small country rather than just a city in NY.

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TwilitSky t1_j53b9w2 wrote

It's true. We operate under very different rules and regulations than NYS so that must pose problems with the licensing scheme a bit.

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SandwichesTheIguana t1_j55mx5c wrote

No other state has fucked it up this bad. The only thing comparable is DC, but they have less control of their own destiny.

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diet_shasta_orange t1_j55amhn wrote

It's not a new industry. People have been growing and selling and smoking weed for quite some time now

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Benny-B-Fresh t1_j573whg wrote

How far have we come? One legal store more than we were at this point last year? 🤡

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MirthandMystery t1_j57k5x3 wrote

Another opens Tuesday on 14th st and soon a Bleecker st shop opens. Roll out has been consistent with issuing proper licensing to responsible sellers.

From the news release out today: “The first round of marijuana retail licenses were greenlit three dozen businesses, making way for the first legal dispensary to open last month off Broadway, also in Manhattan. New York reserved its first round of licenses for applicants with marijuana convictions or their relatives, plus some nonprofit groups.

As with some other initial dispensaries to be supported by the Fund, this will provide licensees the opportunity to open on a short-term basis to fast-track sales and start generating capital for their businesses, after which they will close for final construction and then re-open on a long-term basis," the governor's office said Thursday.”

If you have no patience and don’t understand how things work you can buy unknown crap from others as you like and complain all you want.

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