NY to limit marijuana permit eligibility to those convicted of pot-related offenses

[Kamaji]

NY to limit marijuana permit eligibility to those convicted of pot-related offenses

By Nolan Hicks
March 9, 2022

Time in the joint, indeed!

New York State officials plan to initially limit eligibility for highly lucrative marijuana dispensary licenses to those previously convicted on pot-related offenses before the drug was legalized, documents show.

Draft regulations likely to be adopted by the Cannabis Control Board at its meeting Thursday would limit eligibility to operators where at least one applicant was convicted — or immediately related to someone swept up before marijuana’s legalization.

“If the applicant is an individual, or an entity with one or more individuals, at least one individual must be justice involved,” the bureaucratese states.

‘Justice involved’ covers anyone convicted of a pot-related charge, “had a parent, legal guardian, child, spouse, or dependent who was convicted,” or “was a dependent of an individual who was convicted of a [marijuana]-related offense,” the draft rules state.

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Source:  https://nypost.com/2022/03/09/ny-to-limit-marijuana-permit-eligibility-to-those-convicted-of-pot-related-offenses/

[Kamaji]

In other news, concealed carry permits will be limited to those previously convicted of armed robbery.

[sneakypete]

NY to limit marijuana permit eligibility to those convicted of pot-related offenses

By Nolan Hicks
March 9, 2022

Time in the joint, indeed!

New York State officials plan to initially limit eligibility for highly lucrative marijuana dispensary licenses to those previously convicted on pot-related offenses before the drug was legalized, documents show.

Draft regulations likely to be adopted by the Cannabis Control Board at its meeting Thursday would limit eligibility to operators where at least one applicant was convicted — or immediately related to someone swept up before marijuana’s legalization.

“If the applicant is an individual, or an entity with one or more individuals, at least one individual must be justice involved,” the bureaucratese states.

‘Justice involved’ covers anyone convicted of a pot-related charge, “had a parent, legal guardian, child, spouse, or dependent who was convicted,” or “was a dependent of an individual who was convicted of a [marijuana]-related offense,” the draft rules state.

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Source:  https://nypost.com/2022/03/09/ny-to-limit-marijuana-permit-eligibility-to-those-convicted-of-pot-related-offenses/

@Kamaji

So,the plan is to reward people with criminal records by giving them rare permits to sell one of the drugs they were arrested for selling?

Who is in charge of this program,Hunter Biden?

BTW,my sense of fair play requires me to tell you I smoked pot for the first time around 1959,when I wasn't even a teenager yet,and I would STILL be smoking it today if I didn't have breathing problems unrelated to pot smoking.

Anybody that says smoking pot is dangerous for anyone who doesn't have breathing problems is a clueless fool. Hell,it even HELPS people with some breathing problems.

I AM here to confess it does not make you a better driver,though. It DOES make you a safer driver because you do a lot less damage when you run into something while driving 10 mph.

[Kamaji]

@Kamaji

So,the plan is to reward people with criminal records by giving them rare permits to sell one of the drugs they were arrested for selling?

Who is in charge of this program,Hunter Biden?

BTW,my sense of fair play requires me to tell you I smoked pot for the first time around 1959,when I wasn't even a teenager yet,and I would STILL be smoking it today if I didn't have breathing problems unrelated to pot smoking.

Anybody that says smoking pot is dangerous for anyone who doesn't have breathing problems is a clueless fool. Hell,it even HELPS people with some breathing problems.

I AM here to confess it does not make you a better driver,though. It DOES make you a safer driver because you do a lot less damage when you run into something while driving 10 mph.

@sneakypete


Pretty nuts, huh?

[sneakypete]

@sneakypete


Pretty nuts, huh?

@Kamaji

Kinda makes me suspicious that Hunter Biden and various Kennedy's are planning on opening multi-state franchises.

[Fishrrman]

Furgheddaboutit... it's New York.
As with the [now almost foreign] nation of California, things will only get worse there.