New York's cannabis industry was unsettled Thursday by a judge's ruling that appeared to strike down all regulations governing recreational cannabis in the state. But a key portion of the order turned out to be a mistake.
The Wednesday ruling was amended Thursday to reflect a much narrower decision after cannabis growers, sellers and other supporters voiced concerns about the implications.
The decision came in a lawsuit brought by Leafly, a cannabis sales website, which challenged the state's rules barring cannabis dispensaries from advertising on third-party platforms.
State Supreme Court Justice Kevin Bryant, in a strongly worded decision, sided with Leafly in declaring the state's rules were arbitrary, capricious and therefore unconstitutional. His ruling initially appeared to void not just the marketing and advertising rules in question but the state's entire regulatory regime for being "unconstitutionally vague."
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