NY’s War On Licensed Hemp Stores Intensifies With Hundreds Of Raids
The seizures have been largely driven by new regulations governing hemp and cannabis
Hundreds of licensed hemp stores across New York have been raided over the past several months by state regulators and police agencies that have seized millions of dollars in cannabinoid products — goods that the retailers had previously been selling under federal and state laws that over the past six years have expanded the legalization of hemp.
The seizures have been largely driven by new regulations governing hemp and cannabis that were quietly pushed through by the state Cannabis Control Board in December, without public comment or involvement of the state Legislature.
The regulations, which took effect eight months ago, sharpened the rules governing hemp products and effectively outlawed millions of dollars in products that many of the state’s thousands of licensed hemp retailers had been selling since New York legalized marijuana in 2021. As part of that law change, the state also set rules for hemp products and gave the Cannabis Control Board the power to regulate them.
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