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New York medical cannabis operators owe the state millions they claim they can’t afford

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By Chris Roberts 
| Marijuana Business Daily
Key points in this article: Vertically integrated medical cannabis operators in New York State owe up to $15 million each in fees meant to paid as a condition of also serving the adult-use market. The operators say the fee is too steep and must be reduced or eliminated. Three out of 10 “registered organizations” have gone out of business. Medical cannabis sales in the state are plummeting and dispensaries are closing.
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US cannabis stocks are trading on Robinhood. What does it mean?

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By Chris Roberts 
| Marijuana Business Daily
Stocks in plant-touching cannabis multistate operators began trading on the brokerage app Robinhood, about a month after federal medical marijuana rescheduling, company executives said Friday. Green Thumb Industries appeared to be the first cannabis MSO to the punch, according to a post on X from company founder and CEO Ben Kovler. “ICYMI: Green Thumb is now available to trade on Robinhood,” Kovler posted Friday morning.
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Cannabis payments are facing a reckoning as workarounds disappear

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By Chris Roberts 
| Marijuana Business Daily
André Herrera (Courtesy photo) (This is a contributed guest column. To be considered as an MJBizDaily guest columnist, please submit your request here.) For most of its state-legal life, the cannabis industry has relied on a series of workarounds in lieu of traditional payment systems such as debit and credit cards. Operators have relied on cash, cashless ATMs, and loosely coded merchant accounts as an approximation of what other businesses take for granted.
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