Since then, the NYS Office of Cannabis Management has been tasked with the rollout of licenses for the state’s burgeoning cannabis industry.
FingerLakes1.com’s Ted Baker recently sat down with Finger Lakes Cannabis Co.
He says being prescribed medical marijuana after an automobile accident opened his eyes to the potential benefits of the plant.
When recreational use of marijuana for people over 21 was legalized in New York, Byassee and Hay started putting together a team for what would become Finger Lakes Cannabis Co.
“News keeps getting better that the timeline is moving up ,” said Byassee.
The Village of Victor voted unanimously to opt-in for allowing cannabis sales back in October 2021.
“We went into the public hearing with the village, we’ve been in front of them three times or so, and we’ve been in front of the town once just to tell our story,” said Byassee.
The reason for the split-up has to do with a federal law, specifically Section 280E of the Internal Revenue Code , prohibiting businesses from selling a Schedule 1 controlled substance, which marijuana is still considered at the federal level.
We want it to be a place where if a husband and wife come in, one of them consumes and the other one doesn’t, one can walk around and shop and look at some stuff while the other is getting whatever they want to get to help their ailments,” explained Hay.