A group of cannabis distributors owners filed a lawsuit against New York state regulators last week, claiming they could be forced by business because their stores are very close to schools, despite being approved by regulators, The New York Times Reports. In July, nearly 200 retail license holders of use of retail retail were informed From the cannabis management office that the location of their business “is contrary to the” state cannabis law.

The judicial proceeding, set up in the Supreme Court of the State, seeks to block the correction of the proposed proximity rules and consider businesses in accordance with the previous interpretation that allowed them to open the business in the approved place, despite the law.

In the letter to businesses, the director of OCM Acting Felicia AB Reid ESQ apologized and said she was “aware” that the information would have “consequences” for business owners. Reid added that while the affected businesses “are currently not required to change” location, it will become a matter at the time of the renovation of the license “.

“OCM cannot use the past illegal standard of review to consider a license after renovation,” the letter reads.

A bill To correct the regulatory error and grandfather in influential businesses was introduced on August 4. She is currently on the State Senate Committee.

A voting initiative proposed in Massachusetts seeks to abolish cannabis law on the use of state adults approved by voters in 2016. Proposal by Caroline Cunningham comes in the form of two proposed laws, both entitled “An act to restore a sensitive marijuana policy”, and will finish the cannabis sales “and will end.” right from adults to cultivate cannabis at home.

Proposals are signed by 14 other voters of Massachusetts. Both laws will decriminalize the possession of more than one Once, but less than two ounces, and a violation of the law would be a civil offense with a $ 100 fine. Adults would still be able to donate cannabis to each other.

Medical cannabis will also remain legal under proposals but ”Version a“It would remove the flower with a concentration of thc higher than 30%, focuses on the power greater than 60%, and Edibles with more than 5 milligrams of thc for service.”Version b“Will the Cannabis Control Commission and the State Health Department obtain” ensuring that the production and distribution of medical use is effectively regulated “but does not describe the limits of Prodyct power.

To obtain a vote issue in Massachusetts, the Office of the Prosecutor General must first review whether the petitions meet some constitutional requirements to appear with the Secretary of Commonwealth, who will notify whether it has been approved for certification on September 3. If the registered initiative to register, registered initiatives, registrars, registered, registered, registered, registered, registered, registered, registered, registered, registered, registered, registered, registered, registered, registered, registered, registered, registered, registered, registered, registered, registered, registered, registered, registered. Commonwealth by December 3. Once the signatures are verified, the proposal is sent to the state legislature in January for its approval. If lawmakers do not approve the proposal, supporters then must collect an additional signatures from the voters registered until July 1, 2026, to establish the November 2026 voting initiative.

Workers at the Cannabis Dutchie software firm last week were presented to join the United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) Local 1445. Dutchie, established in 2017, offers business software for more than 6,500 distributors across the SHBA and is responsible for 1 million transactions every day.

In a statement, thelonius “Theo” Spence, a Tier 2 products support analyst and a member of the organizational committee, said employees seeking to join “want safety at work and clear expectations in the company (they) helped build it.”

“In the five years I have worked in support of the Dutchman, I have survived the holiday round and saw countless talented and diligent people lose their work or burn and leave. We should not leave to find greener pastures.” – Spence in a announcement

Spence added that the compensation between the team “is extremely unstable with … mandate and performance, and the ups have not continued with the cost of living.”

“Implementing an external team abroad, he and the metric -based micromanagement make us feel like our days are numbered,” Spence said in a statement. “Especially in this political climate, the time for us to unite is now – both to push against the constant changes we submit to work, and to contribute to building a greater movement of solidarity between working people.”

Dutch product support agents and analysts help consumers and cannabis businesses with technical support and represent the Netherlands for thousands of clients. UFCW represents thousands of cannabis industry workers and is considered the largest cannabis workers’ union in America. UFCW Local 1445 represents workers in Massachusetts.