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Weed Museum and 100 New Licenses to Boost NYC’s Market: The Dose

This week, a marijuana museum backed by a Las Vegas nightclub impresario and an investment manager will open in the affluent SoHo neighborhood of Manhattan, just as more than 100 new dispensary licenses go to New Yorkers previously arrested for cannabis crimes. The moves come as more out-of-state businesses flood in, and regulatory efforts intensify to try to overtake the booming black-market marijuana market.

New York’s Richest Enclaves Are Shutting Out the Weed Business

When New York state legalized cannabis two years ago, it gave municipalities the choice to opt out of allowing dispensaries in their jurisdictions. In Long Island, 85% of municipalities opted out, leaving just four towns outside of New York City — Babylon, Brookhaven, Riverhead and Southampton — plus a few villages that said yes to dispensaries.

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How Marijuana Is Both Legal and Illegal in the U.S.

How do states legally get around the federal ban on cannabis, and what unique legal challenges do attorneys and businesses in the marijuana industry face?

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