New Yorkers With Marijuana Convictions Will Get First Retail Licenses
Officials intend to reserve the first 100 or more retail licenses to sell marijuana in New York for people who have been convicted of related offenses, or their relatives.
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ALBANY, N.Y. — New York State will soon announce plans to usher in its first outlets for retail sales of marijuana by the end of the year, giving applicants access to stockpiles of the drug grown by local farmers and offering sweeteners like new storefronts leased by the state.
The only catch? To be one of the state’s first licensed retailers, you or a member of your family must have been convicted of a marijuana-related offense.
The policy, to be announced by Gov. Kathy Hochul on Thursday, is part of a concerted push to assure that early business owners in the state’s projected billion-dollar marijuana industry will be members of communities that have been affected by the nation’s decades-long war on drugs.
In favoring those with marijuana convictions and prepping their businesses for turnkey sales, New York appears to be trying to avoid pitfalls encountered in some other states, which have seen designated “social equity” applicants and other mom-and-pop marijuana businesses struggle with issues like lack of capital or competition from deep-pocketed corporate operations.
Chris Alexander, the executive director of the state’s Office of Cannabis Management, said that by focusing early on “those who otherwise would have been left behind,” New York was in a “position to do something that has not been done before.”
To that end, Ms. Hochul has proposed — and the Legislature seems likely to pass — including $200 million in this year’s budget to support the fledging businesses, money that would be spent on finding, securing and renovating storefronts for retailers. That need for state assistance is particularly acute in New York City, where real estate prices have rebounded as the worst of the Covid pandemic has receded.
Under the law passed last March that permitted the possession and recreational use of marijuana in limited amounts by adults, half of all marijuana-related licenses — including those for growers and other parts of the supply chain — are earmarked for women, minorities, distressed farmers, veterans and “individuals who have lived in communities disproportionally impacted” by the drug war.
In New York, Black and Latino residents have for years been far more likely to be arrested on marijuana charges than white, non-Hispanic people.
Mr. Alexander said he expected between 100 and 200 licenses to go to people who were convicted of a marijuana-related offense before the drug was legalized, or those who have “a parent, guardian, child, spouse, or dependent” with a marijuana conviction… More
Camila Cabello Flashes Her Nude Breast On Live TV
Latina pop star Camila Cabello flashes her nude breast while appearing live on British television in the video clip below.
This areola attack is a clear affront to Islam, and already British Neo Nazis are calling for Camila to be extradited to the east end of London so that she can stand trial in Third Reich court.
Of course it is quite shocking that Camila would expose her sloppy boob bag like this… For she hails from the heathen island nation of Cuba, and like all Mexican women when they hit their mid-20’s her ass has been exponentially expanding.
Yes, Camila Cabello certainly wants the public’s attention to be on her “grande culo” and not her tiny titties…
That is why us pious Neo Nazis believe that this on-air nip slip was unintentional… Which of course will not matter at her Third Reich trial, and she will no doubt be sentenced to receive the supersonic stones of justice.
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