The
Cannabis Control Board in New York is taking another step setting up the launch
of cannabis’ adult-use retail market with the advancing of regulations designed
to help protect public health and reduce waste.
The
proposed regulations include requirements for child-resistant packaging and
labeling that identifies products that contain THC.
This
is meant to help limit the marketing of products that contain THC to adult-only
audiences and set procedures to ensure products are safe for consumption.
Gov.
Kathy Hochul also signed legislation in February that qualifies New York-based
farms that have previously grown hemp in New York state to be the first to make
adult-use cannabis sales with products grown by farmers licensed.
Over
200 applications have already been submitted to the Office of Cannabis
Management, and the Cannabis Control Board has approved an additional 16
conditional cultivator licenses, bringing the farm total to 162.