Legal Pot Growers in New York Say State Regulatory Agency Is Pushing the Industry to the ‘Brink of Collapse’

The Cannabis Farmers Alliance complains the embattled Empire State’s regulatory agency is causing ‘severe financial distress.’

AP/Hans Pennink, file
Marijuana plants growing at a New York facility. AP/Hans Pennink, file

Proponents of legalized marijuana say it will be a boon for government tax revenue and jobs. Yet in New York, pot farmers are alleging that the state’s regulatory board overseeing the establishment of a legal cannabis market, the Office of Cannabis Management, is threatening to crush the industry with its “disastrous” rollout. 

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