A Multistate Cannabis -based cannabis operator has filed a lawsuit claiming that smoke stores and other hemp products sellers engage in unfair trading practices that underestimate cannabis legal industry, The Philadelphia Inquirer Reports.
The complaint was filed Wednesday by some of Jushi Holdings Inc. based on Scranton, which operates 18 cannabis Stores in the state.
Adult use cannabis remains prohibited in Pennsylvania. However, as in many other countries, the federal legalization of industrial hemp-and the subsequent spread of intoxicating hemp products, called “weeds of fuel station” in complaints-led to a gray, hemp-based, thing-based market.
“The influx of these illegal products to unregulated retail channels directly undermines the regulated Commonwealth Medical Marijuana program. This grant scheme (smoke stores) a considerable and illegal economic advantage, shifts compliance loads to legitimate operators, endangers public health and destabilizes the regulated market.” – fragment from the lawsuit
Lawmakers at Pennsylvania’s house this year approved a bill for legalization of cannabis for adult use but proposal died soon in the Senate.
Meanwhile, four of the five neighboring Pennsylvania-New York states, New Jersey, Maryland and Ohio and neighboring Canada have adopted all policies to legalize and regulate adult use cannabis.