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As marijuana deadline looms, 5 things New Yorkers should know

Submitted by Marijuana News on Wed, 05/13/2015 - 21:52

With a May 29th deadline for applications from prospective marijuana growers and sellers who want to do business in New York State fast approaching, we turned to the nation's leading cannabis business figure to help make sense of what's happening.

Brendan Kennedy, CEO of Seattle-based private equity firm Privateer Holdings, talked about why New York became the 23rd state to legalize medical marijuana, how New York's law differs from other states, and how the unions fit into all of this. Here's an edited transcript of our conversation.

 

After all this time, why is medical marijuana finally being legalized?

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