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On Friday April 30 2021, the Cannabis Education Advocacy Symposium & Expo (CEASE) and the Cannabis Health Equity Movement (CHEM) hosted a groundbreaking virtual conference to help New York and New Jersey legacy operators transition to the regulated market. Sponsored by Weedmaps®, this 5-hour virtual interactive event, “Legacy to Legal: Transitioning into a Regulated Cannabis Market” provided more than 300 participants with cannabis education, a candid exchange of information and ideas between legacy leaders and organizers on the frontlines of cannabis advocacy, and strategies for integrating legacy operators into the New York and New Jersey markets through entrepreneurship and employment. “Legacy to Legal” As we move forward with cannabis policy reform and the cannabis industry grows and is opened up to more and more entrepreneurs and investors, it is absolutely essential that legacy operators are both a part of the conversation and implementation, and that they a ....
After years of advocacy on many levels, New York State has FINALLY legalized the use of adult-use (recreational) marijuana. New York Governor Andrew Cuomo signed the historic cannabis legislation earlier today, making New York the 15th state to legalize adult-use cannabis. The state is now positioned to become one of the largest markets for legal cannabis in the U.S. Additionally, New York is now one of the few states where legalization is directly tied to economic and racial equity. The new law will enact a program that will reinvest millions of dollars of tax revenues from cannabis in minority communities that have suffered for decades because of the racial criminalization of cannabis and the war on drugs. ....