2020 Northeast Cannabis Business Conference

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Interstate Commerce: Environmental, Economic, and Social Equity Implications (Room 207)

What happens when a state like New York decides to legalize? New York has traditionally imported its cannabis from the west coast through the illicit market, and with a population of nearly 20 million people, it's unclear how the state could grow all the cannabis it would need to supply a legal market without massive infrastructure and environmental costs. This panel will examine the movement to begin legal cannabis commerce between states, starting with the 2019 bill passed in Oregon along with the bill introduced in Congress. We'll discuss how allowing interstate commerce will be better for the environment and patients/consumers, will undercut the illicit market, and will boost an industry that struggles to survive within the confines of state borders.