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New York cannabis regulators’ legal wins.
As we reported in this newsletter earlier this week, New York’s cannabis regulators got some relief in two of the lawsuits challenging their adult use licensing process.
This week, they got another small win in a third lawsuit, this one from a plaintiff that, as we reported in this newsletter last month, argues that he is disadvantaged as “a white man.”
The judge denied his motion for a temporary restraining order, noting that the plaintiff “has not made a sufficient showing” that he “will experience irreparable harm” if the order isn’t in place between now and the forthcoming hearing on his motion for a preliminary injunction.
Rep. Blumenauer demands DEA scheduling details
Rep. Earl Blumenauer, founder and co-chair of the Congressional Cannabis Caucus, sent Anne Milgram, Drug Enforcement Administrator, a letter that asks the DEA a series of questions, including a “planned deadline to publish its draft rule.”
Blumenaur also asked, “How is DEA ensuring the agency’s review incorporates the status of marijuana under state laws and regulations in its scheduling decision?” And, “How will DEA proactively communicate developments and receive feedback from congressional partners as the review proceeds?”
+ Context: DEA is currently considering HHS’ recommendation to move cannabis from Schedule I to Schedule III.
A first for California cannabis enforcement: a personal property auction
The California Department of Tax and Fee Administration announced that it will hold an auction next week, along with the California Highway Patrol, to “sell property seized from ten cannabis businesses.”
Of those ten, nine were unlicensed, but one was licensed and hadn’t paid its taxes. Together, according to CDTFA, they owe $14.4 million in taxes.
While CDTFA has previously auctioned commercial property seized during cannabis enforcement efforts, this is, they said, “the first time CDTFA is auctioning personal property seized during cannabis enforcement operations.” The items range from “furniture” to “cannabis manufacturing equipment.”
“Seizing and auctioning property from cannabis businesses that evade the law is a tool to recover the taxes owed to the state,” said CDTFA Director Nick Maduros in the announcement.