Here’s your last chance to be part of N.Y.’s must-attend cannabis conference and networking session.
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NY Cannabis Insider speakers include: Dasheeda Dawson, Cannabis Czar for the City of Portland, Oregon;
Crystal Peoples-Stokes, New York State Assembly Majority Leader; and, Lizzie Kirshenbaum, Regional Government Affairs manager at Weedmaps.
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New York state finally passed a cannabis legalization law that puts it on track for creating a regulated adult-consumer marketplace. That said, there are many questions ahead on how this multi-billion dollar industry will take shape in the Empire State.
To answer many of those questions, we’ve produced a half-day conference Thursday from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., featuring some of New York’s most influential power players. This is your last chance to sign up to NY Cannabis Insider presented by
NY lawmaker who led charge for cannabis legalization to speak at business conference: Sign up here
Updated May 10, 2021;
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Assemblywoman Crystal Peoples-Stokes, a Democrat who represents Buffalo, speaks at a rally for cannabis legalization at the New York State Capitol in Albany in early 2020. On May 20, Peoples-Stokes will be a keynote speaker for NY Cannabis Insider Live. (AP Photo/Ryan Tarinelli)AP
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The New York state lawmaker who for years has led the charge on legalizing adult-use cannabis says she’s excited about what lies ahead.
“I know that at the end of the day this will create opportunities for people,” said New York State Assembly Majority Leader Crystal Peoples-Stokes during a recent online town hall. “That speaks volumes for the future and for the ability to begin creating the kind of access to wealth that can be passed on generationally.”
N.Y. state’s lawmaker who led charge for cannabis legalization to speak at business conference. Sign up here.
Updated May 10, 2021;
Posted May 10, 2021
Assemblywoman Crystal Peoples-Stokes, a Democrat who represents Buffalo, speaks at a rally for cannabis legalization at the New York State Capitol in Albany in early 2020. On May 20, Peoples-Stokes will be a keynote speaker for NY Cannabis Insider Live. (AP Photo/Ryan Tarinelli)AP
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The New York state lawmaker who for years has led the charge on legalizing adult-use cannabis says she’s excited about what lies ahead.
“I know that at the end of the day this will create opportunities for people,” said New York State Assembly Majority Leader
Getting it right
Issue 164: Social equity remains front and center at CRC meeting, N.Y. state parade, elsewhere. Plus, Peoples-Stokes joins our N.Y. business event.
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This week’s theme of getting it right is not an easy task.
In a world of globalization and intersection, getting it right has never been harder.
With cannabis, the accompanying harms inflicted upon communities affected by trauma from the War on Drugs has bore witness to the potential for something that has often eluded them.
Economic justice.
The cannabis industry, new in its incarnation, represents the old business adage that it is easier to adapt something new than it is to try to change something old.
Business, policy, social equity experts to lead NY Cannabis Insider virtual networking event
Updated May 04, 2021;
Posted May 04, 2021
NY Cannabis Insider is a virtual conference covering the business opportunities in New York s new marijuana legalization law. It s 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. May 20.
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Experts in the business, policy and social equity aspects of New York’s emerging legal marijuana landscape will be among the speakers and panelists at an online seminar taking place May 20.
Presented by Hance Construction, NY Cannabis Insider is a virtual conference that aims to help current and new entrepreneurs learn the ins and outs of what is shaping up to be a potentially lucrative yet complicated business.