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Big marijuana operators sue New York state to halt inversion, launch track and trace

A trade group representing large marijuana companies in New York filed a complaint in state Supreme Court on Wednesday over the continued illegal “inversion” of illicit market and out-of-state product into legal stores.

By failing to timely impose track-and-trace requirements, the state Office of Cannabis Management and Cannabis Control Board “have allowed a prolific supply of illicit and unregulated cannabis to enter the licensed New York cannabis market,” the New York Medical Cannabis Industry Association (NYMCIA) alleged.

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First reported by the Albany Times Union, the lawsuit is the latest instance of operators in the $1.8 billion market expressing displeasure with state regulators over what’s perceived as lax enforcement of illicit activity.

The complaint asks a judge to require regulators to:

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