As of late last month, clinicians can greenlight medicinal pot for any condition they think it would help, not just for a limited list of ailments. The changes, foreshadowed in legislation last spring, represent a big shift for a medical marijuana program that was once one of the nation’s most restrictive. “This is a huge […]
As state Sen. While New York’s Department of Taxation and Finance has estimated that the state’s marijuana market could reach $3.5 billion a year, other analysts place the number as higher. New York legalized recreational marijuana in March, but officials have just started developing the regulations that will create and govern a legal marketplace. As […]
Under terms of the agreement, the two businesses will be managed locally by their respective leaders, but will be owned and overseen by a new parent company, called Northeast Grocery, which will be headquartered in Schenectady. Scott Grimmett, the current president and CEO of Price Chopper/Market 32, will lead the new parent company and will […]
The head of the state’s Cannabis Control Board said Wednesday during a stop in Rochester that she anticipates licenses for the first recreational marijuana dispensaries in the state not being issued until the spring of 2023 at the earliest.Tremaine Wright, the board chair, made the statement during a “cannabiz” symposium held at Comedy at the […]
