Lenore Elfand News Today

Empire Cannabis Club, an unlicensed marijuana retail chain with six stores in New York City, is planning to take legal action against state regulators.

Jonathan Elfand built a $25 million-dollar kingdom with Empire Cannabis Club. Then state tax officials raided his dispensaries. And he’s ready for battle.

John Brown, the owner of a marijuana shop in Rochester, New York, plans to go after the Office of Cannabis Management (OCM) following a recent raid of his place.

Triclomes, a legal cannabis shop in Rochester, New York, was recently raided. 

Empire Cannabis Club is the target of stepped-up state efforts to crack down on unlicensed shops.

 

If you ask New York’s top cannabis regulator, any storefront accepting payment for pot is jumping the gun.  Albany is still ironing out details for the...

Since marijuana was legalized last year, unlicensed vendors have opened for business. Now the state is saying "not so fast" by sending dozens of cease and desist letters to operators.

While state regulators define who is eligible to receive an official sales license, many are encouraged to trade taking advantage of the legal vacuum.