A ruling from the U.S. Second Circuit Court of Appeals could soon give areas such as the mid-Hudson Valley its first recreational weed spot at any given time.
William Jane, Ithaca’s first marijuana dispensary, opened on March 16 as the first dispensary in Upstate New York to be licensed and supported by the Social Equity Cannabis Investment Fund.
Recreational marijuana has been legal in New York since the state passed the Marijuana Regulation and Taxation Act on March 31, 2021, but bureaucratic red tape has delayed the opening