New York is projected to become the nation’s second-largest legal cannabis market after California with an estimated $4.2 billion market within five years.
“I guess there are some legislators [who] want to continue the war on drugs,” Zissou says. “The Majority Leader of the United States Senate sponsored a law to remove marihuana from schedule 1 and legalize Cannabis. And New York State Senator Savino wants to declare war on marijuana?”
“It is pretty important that we get our arms around it and stop this from happening because it opens the door to more of an illegal market continuing,” says Kruger. “We will not accept an illegal market.” Rolling With It: The dispensary truck known as Uncle Budd operates in New York City without a license—for now.In Albany, District Attorney P. David Soares has supported decriminalization and regulation for years. Soares says legalization in New York is long overdue but he thinks the state “missed the mark” by allowing New Yorkers to grow six plants at home, which will continue to fuel the illicit market.
“I cannot imagine us engaging in an operation and shutting down [an illegal dispensary], having him in front of a judge and asking that judge to sentence this person while we’re also being invited to cut a ribbon for the new dispensary that’s just a beautiful place,” Soares says.
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