Officers within the metropolis of Ithaca are clarifying and rallying behind state leaders, as they attempt to crackdown on companies in New York promoting marijuana illegally.
Whereas the state has made leisure marijuana authorized, licenses to promote it haven’t been granted.
Performing Mayor Laura Lewis issued a press release with Metropolis’s legal professional, mentioning that it stays unlawful to reward marijuana in a enterprise setting.
“Latest media reviews have described enterprise operators promoting a services or products, together with membership memberships, to shoppers and offering hashish as a ‘reward’ in return. This exercise is prohibited. These violators should cease their exercise instantly, or face the results,” they stated.
Amongst these penalties, OCM has stated violators will danger the chance to get a license within the authorized market, and face substantial fines sooner or later.
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