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New York’s Long Island opts out of marijuana retail, limiting options for store operators

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2 years ago

March 24, 2023

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When New York regulators announced plans to double recreational marijuana retail licenses to 300 for social equity applicants, local cannabis operators and other industry advocates applauded the news.

But behind the scenes, concerns were mounting over the challenge of finding affordable cannabis real estate across large parts of the state because of zoning and commercial restrictions.

About half of New York’s 1,520 municipalities have opted out of adult-use retail, according to the Rockefeller Institute of Government, a public policy think tank based in Albany.

Densely populated Long Island, just east of New York City, is a prime example.

The license expansion implemented by the state’s Office of Cannabis Management (OCM) has exacerbated a mad scramble to find zoned properties in Nassau and Suffolk counties, which together are generally referred to as Long Island.

“The opt-out issue is really more prevalent in Long Island as opposed to

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Colorado cannabis operator’s testing experiment yields damning pesticide, microbial and potency results

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February 3, 2025

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More than 85% of regulated marijuana products sold in Colorado’s adult-use market might violate health and labeling laws, according to a recent report by one of the state’s cannabis operators.

Frustrated by the apparent reluctance of the Colorado Marijuana Enforcement Division (MED) to test state-regulated cannabis products and punish those found to be breaking the law, Justin Singer, CEO of manufacturer Ripple, asked his staffers to visit Denver-area MJ retailers on Nov. 12 and purchase the flower, shake and pre-rolls brands “they would normally purchase.”

The company then sent unmarked, unadulterated samples – bud, pre-rolls and shake – to a state-regulated cannabis laboratory to have the products tested for potency, yeast and mold, pesticides and microbial contamination.

According to the lab results, only

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Ohio GOP lawmaker’s bill would upend voter-approved adult-use marijuana

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3 days ago

January 31, 2025

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A Republican lawmaker in Ohio has introduced a bill that would raise adult-use marijuana sales taxes, limit home grows and prohibit social equity licenses and job programs.

Senate Bill 56, introduced by Republican Sen. Steve Huffman, would increase the sales tax from 10% to 15% and cap the number of cannabis stores in the state at 350, according to The Columbus Dispatch.

The proposal, which also includes decreasing THC potency caps from 90% to 70% and home-grown plants from 12 to six, is a deviation from the will of voters, who overwhelmingly approved legalizing the cultivation and sale of recreational marijuana in a November 2023 ballot measure.

Leading up to that vote, lawmakers in the state’s Republican-dominated General Assembly vowed to make

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Ohio recreational marijuana market already showing signs of price contraction

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January 30, 2025

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Products in Ohio’s recreational marijuana market are showing signs of price contraction only five months after sales began.

Adult-use sales for the market topped $242.2 million in 2024, meeting industry expectations for the potential of a market that launched on Aug. 6.

And while sales are growing, an analysis of weekly adult-use data from Ohio’s Division of Cannabis Control (DCC) shows the price per item/pound in almost all the categories slid with more than half the products experiencing double-digit declines.

Plant material, which accounts for 52% of recreational sales in Ohio, almost doubled since the market opened.

Ohio consumers bought 2,158 pounds of plant material in the first week of January 2025, up from 1,284 pounds in the week ending Aug. 10.

But declining

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