Members of anti-marijuana groups sue New York regulators ⋆ Patriots Hemp

A group of New York residents filed a lawsuit against the state’s marijuana regulatory agencies and their top officials in the latest legal challenge to the fledgling adult-use market.

The lawsuit, filed July 29 in state Supreme Court in Albany County, alleges New York’s Cannabis Control Board, Office of Cannabis Management, other state agencies and certain officials caused “wrongful expenditures or other unlawful, illegal or unconstitutional disbursements of state funds.”

The charges stem from the state financing licensed adult-use retailers when the production and sale of marijuana is federally prohibited.

The lawsuit seeks a permanent injunction to the licensing program established by the Marijuana Regulation and Taxation Act (MRTA), which former Gov. Andrew Cuomo signed into law in 2021.

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