Witnesses spread across 13 panels offered testimony for hours, as lawmakers sought to better understand and identify solutions for the budding New York industry.
In Buffalo, the first joint public hearing of the New York State Senate's Sub-Committee on Cannabis took place Monday and lasted seven hours. That may still not have been enough time to address the many issues dogging the state's cannabis program, starting with the painfully slow rollout of the retail market as illicit sales flourish.