New York regulators publicly identified the 52 allegedly illicit marijuana stores that were sent cease-and-desist letters earlier this year and reiterated how such shops undercut the state’s equity goals.
The state’s Office of Cannabis Management said in a news release that the office has received additional tips of allegedly illicit stores and is looking into those.
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State officials notified the operators that they could be barred from participating in the upcoming multibillion-dollar recreational marijuana market if they don’t cease operations.
But regulators have been reluctant to take that final step, hoping the illicit sellers close on their own.
The (Syracuse) Post-Standard reported that it spoke to three people on the list:
One acknowledged he was selling without a license and closed his store. Another said he ran a marijuana gifting shop but denied he had received a cease-and-desist letter from the state. A third person said
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