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New York marijuana regulators have formally approved rules to allow adults 21 and older to grow their own cannabis plants for personal use.<\/p>\n
About four months after the Cannabis Control Board (CCB) gave preliminary approval to the rules and subsequently opened them up to public comment<\/a>, members adopted the final regulations on Tuesday.<\/p>\n The rules will allow adults to grow up to six plants for personal use, only three of which can be mature at one time. A residence with multiple adults can have a maximum of 12 plants, and people can possess up to five pounds of marijuana derived from the plants.<\/p>\n Retailers will be able to sell clones, seedlings, immature plants, cloned propagation material and tissue culture to adult consumers.<\/p>\n There are also requirements on storing the plants and remediating any odors \u201cif they become a nuisance to neighbors.\u201d<\/p>\n The rules will take effect once they\u2019re published in the state register, which could take several weeks.<\/p>\n These changes will also allow licensed adult-use dispensaries, microbusinesses, registered organizations, RONDs, and RODs to offer immature cannabis plants for sale.<\/p>\n Learn more in the Home Cultivation Overview: https:\/\/t.co\/tFsZomBu4v<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 NYS Office of Cannabis Management (@nys_cannabis) June 11, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n It\u2019s taken longer than expected to enact the home grow rules. CCB was initially set to take up the draft proposal in January, but that was delayed after a scheduled meeting was cancelled amid pushback from Gov. Kathy Hochul (D) over unrelated licensing concerns<\/a>.<\/p>\n It also took a couple months after the vote on the draft rules before the required 60-day public comment period opened.<\/p>\n The adoption of the home grow rules comes on the heels of a leadership shakeup within the state\u2019s marijuana regulatory body, with the recent resignation of Chris Alexander as executive director of the Office of Cannabis Management (OCM)<\/a> following criticism from the governor.<\/p>\n At the beginning of Tuesday\u2019s meeting, CCB Chair Tremaine Wright introduced Felicia Reid as the interim executive director, appointed this week by Hochul.<\/p>\n The governor also foreshadowed at a February meeting that she was\u00a0eyeing potential leadership changes within the state\u2019s marijuana regulatory apparatus<\/a>\u00a0because of the implementation issues.<\/p>\n Following the ouster of Alexander as the head of OCM, advocates at the Cannabis Regulators of Color Coalition said they were \u201cshocked and dismayed\u201d by the action<\/a>.<\/p>\n Meanwhile, New York lawmakers have sent a bill to the governor that would make marijuana farmers markets a permanent feature of the state\u2019s cannabis market<\/a>, authorizing regulators to issue permits for cannabis grower showcases indefinitely.<\/p>\n \u2014 As the state has worked to stand up the legal market, it\u2019s also dealt with a proliferation of unlicensed cannabis shops. To that end, lawmakers have also introduced a bill that would\u00a0allow people in the state to bring legal actions against entities that violate state marijuana laws<\/a>, potentially empowering ordinary individuals to sue unlicensed cannabis sellers or licensees skirting state law.<\/p>\n A news report earlier this year found that despite state officials levying more than $25 million in fines against unlicensed retailers for selling cannabis products since last year,\u00a0only a tiny fraction of those fines had been collected<\/a>\u00a0by either the New York Tax Department or OCM.<\/p>\n In an attempt to rein in unlicensed sales, Hochul in February\u00a0called on big tech companies such as Google and Meta<\/a>\u00a0to \u201cdo the right thing\u201d by taking steps to stop promoting illicit marijuana shops, which have proliferated across the state.<\/p>\n Meanwhile, a top New York lawmaker\u00a0introduced a bill this month to legalize psilocybin for adults<\/a>, provided they obtain a permit after undergoing a health screening and educational course.<\/p>\n New Hampshire Marijuana Legalization Bill Faces Final Votes This Week On Way To Governor\u2019s Desk<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n The post New York Regulators Approve Marijuana Home Grow Rules Amid Leadership Shakeup<\/a> appeared first on Marijuana Moment<\/a>.<\/p>\n
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