“Since taking office, I have been a vocal supporter of the legislation of adult-use cannabis and worked to ensure this new economic opportunity directly benefits those most harmed by the failed ‘War on Drugs,’” Cooney said.
These conditional licenses made available by the bill are not the same as the traditional licenses that will be offered later and will kickstart cultivation in the state.
“We are beginning to undo the devastating impacts over 90 years of unequal enforcement of marijuana prohibition had on too many lives and communities,” said Assemblywoman Crystal Peoples-Stokes, D-Buffalo, the sponsor of the Assembly bill, which was introduced on Feb.