New York could soon start to get more recreational marijuana dispensaries after a judge approved legal settlements to end lawsuits that halted the state’s legal cannabis licensing program.

New York could soon start to get more recreational marijuana dispensaries after a judge on Friday approved legal settlements to end lawsuits that halted the state’s legal cannabis licensing program.

The settlements lift a court order that has blocked the state from processing or issuing retail marijuana licenses since August. State officials said the agreement will allow more than 400 potential retailers to move forward with pending applications to open storefronts.

“With this settlement behind us, hundreds of new licenses can now move forward, new stores will open, and consumers can legally buy safer, legal, tested cannabis products from New York-based entrepreneurs and small businesses,” Gov. Kathy Hochul said in a statement.

  • squiblet@kbin.social
    4·
    11 months ago

    Sounds odd because that’s how regular weed works. It is created as THCa in the plant and then turns to THC with decarboxylation.

    • PainInTheAES@lemmy.world
      1·
      11 months ago

      Yeah but I think the high THCa hemp being sold is using high THCa strains or harvesting earlier. IIRC the more the plant matures the more THCa turns into THC. The law is currently only testing for THC content not total cannabinoid connect but that may end up changing at some point.