{"id":1577,"date":"2021-10-06T20:28:54","date_gmt":"2021-10-06T20:28:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.leafly.com\/wp-home\/?p=181054"},"modified":"2021-10-06T20:28:54","modified_gmt":"2021-10-06T20:28:54","slug":"new-york-dispensaries-can-now-sell-cannabis-flower-but-whos-got-it-in-stock","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thcinct.com\/?p=1577","title":{"rendered":"New York dispensaries can now sell cannabis flower, but who\u2019s got it in stock?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>  <title>New York dispensaries can now sell cannabis flower, but who&#8217;s got it in stock? &#8211; Leafly<\/title>     <!-- This is Index Exchange, a script\/\/3rd-party integration that interjects GAM. It needs to be 'ahead' of GTM in the DOM, which comes from Cephalopod. GTM loads GAM. 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You&#8217;re not old enough to use Leafly.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"hidden age-gate__loading\">Redirecting you to<span class=\"redirect-domain\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"text-xs mt-auto\">By accessing this site, you accept<br \/>\nthe <a class=\"py-xl\" data-testid=\"tou-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.leafly.com\/info\/terms-of-use\">Terms of Use<\/a><br \/>\nand <a class=\"py-xl\" data-testid=\"pp-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.leafly.com\/info\/privacy-policy\">Privacy Policy<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"container my-xl\">\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col md:col-9\" id=\"article-content\">\n<p>New York State\u2019s Cannabis Control Board <a href=\"https:\/\/buffalonews.com\/news\/local\/state-cannabis-board-meets-for-first-time-oks-relaxation-of-medical-marijuana-rules\/article_9db7acda-2614-11ec-bd95-d7f7c92749e0.html#tracking-source=home-top-story-1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">voted yesterday<\/a> to allow the sale of cannabis flower in all medical marijuana dispensaries. The change takes effect immediately.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote has-text-align-left\">\n<p>Yes, it\u2019s legal to sell flower now. But only to patients. And it\u2019s not on the shelf yet.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>That\u2019s breakthrough news in New York, where 150,000 patients had previously been limited to non-flower products like tinctures and edibles. Those modalities work for many patients, but the delay of onset is a problem for some. The effects of cannabis flower, absorbed as smoke or vapor through the lungs, are felt almost immediately.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The Cannabis Control Board also voted to double each patient\u2019s purchase limit\u2014from a 30-day supply to a 60-day supply\u2014and to eliminate the $50 registration fee.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"h-got-flower-for-sale\">Got flower for sale?<\/h2>\n<p>The news caught many dispensaries by surprise, as frontline staff members found themselves suddenly fielding calls from patients asking for state-licensed bud. Calls to a number of dispensaries on Wednesday afternoon indicated that it could be days or weeks before licensed flower is actually on the shelves. <\/p>\n<p>At <a href=\"https:\/\/www.leafly.com\/dispensary-info\/etainmanhattan\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Etain<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.leafly.com\/dispensary-info\/medmen-manhattan\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">MedMen<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.leafly.com\/dispensary-info\/citivabrooklyn\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Be<\/a>, and other state-licensed dispensaries, queries came back with pretty much the same answer: Yes, it\u2019s legal to sell flower now and no, we don\u2019t yet have it in stock. Also: Dispensaries are still only serving state-registered medical patients. Adult-use sales are not yet legal. (There seems to be some confusion about that, with consumers reading the \u201clegal to sell flower\u201d message as a signal that recreational cannabis sales have started. They have not.) <\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.leafly.com\/news\/health\/heres-how-to-get-a-new-york-medical-marijuana-card\" class=\"wp-block-leafly-blocks-leafly-single-inline-block leafly-inline-related-story\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"border border-deep-green-alt border-l-0 border-r-0 my-xl p-md font-bold\">\n<p>Related<\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s How to Get a New York Medical Marijuana Card<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/a> <\/p>\n<h2 id=\"h-little-information-from-state-regulators\">Little information from state regulators<\/h2>\n<p>This seems to be a case where news of the policy change is outpacing the actual implementation of the policy. Thousands of registered patients read about the Board\u2019s decision in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nydailynews.com\/news\/politics\/new-york-elections-government\/ny-marijuana-cannabis-control-board-flower-added-to-medical-progra-20211005-fxqsywfzx5grdbfjlxxuzy6h4u-story.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">New York Daily News<\/a>, the <a href=\"https:\/\/buffalonews.com\/news\/local\/state-cannabis-board-meets-for-first-time-oks-relaxation-of-medical-marijuana-rules\/article_9db7acda-2614-11ec-bd95-d7f7c92749e0.html#tracking-source=home-top-story-1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Buffalo News<\/a>, and other outlets\u2014but dispensaries received no information from the Cannabis Control Board about how to actually implement the change. As of Wednesday afternoon, there was no information about the change on <a href=\"https:\/\/cannabis.ny.gov\/medical-cannabis\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">the state\u2019s medical marijuana web site<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>There are a number of questions that remain unanswered, including how dispensaries are expected to sell flower. Some states have allowed dispensaries to keep fresh bud in jars (which allow patients to see and smell the product), while other states allow flower to be sold only in tightly sealed packaging. <\/p>\n<h2 id=\"h-why-delay-the-sale-of-flower-anyway\">Why delay the sale of flower anyway?<\/h2>\n<p>The prohibition of cannabis flower in medical states has long been a point of contention between policy makers and medical advocates. In states like Florida and New York, medical programs started out as non-flower programs, largely because legislators were uncomfortable with the idea of cannabis bud as a legitimate medicine. Putting cannabinoid products into more traditional containers like tincture bottles was often seen as a reasonable compromise.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>New York is following a path that Florida established, allowing flower years after first opening dispensaries without it. The effect in Florida was massive\u2014the state saw a boom in medical marijuana patient applications and an immediate uptick in sales statewide.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"h-change-expected-to-ramp-up-purchasing\">Change expected to ramp up purchasing<\/h2>\n<p>This week\u2019s triple-whammy in New York\u2014allowing the sale of flower, doubling the allowed purchase amount, and eliminating the $50 fee\u2014could do the same for the medical market in the Empire State. With a population of nearly 20 million but only 150,000 patients, New York has one of the lowest per-capita medical marijuana patient rates in the nation. Florida, with a population of 22 million, has nearly 600,000 registered medical marijuana patients.<\/p>\n<p>Leafly will continue to look into the situation in New York and update this story throughout the day. There\u2019s a lot of confusion in dispensaries about this right now, as state regulators haven\u2019t been exactly forthcoming about the new rules regarding flower sales, so please keep that in mind if you contact your local outlet. The folks there are doing the best they can with limited information. <\/p>\n<p><em>This article was updated October 6, 2021, to remove an unofficial quote from a New York dispensary. <\/em><\/p>\n<p>E<\/p>\n<div class=\"my-xxl wp-block-leafly-blocks-leafly-related-articles\">\n<p><h2>Related articles<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"author-box\" class=\"p-lg my-xxl bg-white rounded border border-light-grey elevation-low\">\n<div class=\"mb-lg\"> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thcinct.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/new-york-dispensaries-can-now-sell-cannabis-flower-but-whos-got-it-in-stock.jpg\" alt=\"Bruce Barcott and Calvin Stovall's Bio Image\" class=\"lazyload inline-block mr-md rounded-full border border-light-grey\"> <\/p>\n<p>Bruce Barcott and Calvin Stovall<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p class=\"text-sm\">Leafly Senior Editor Bruce Barcott oversees news, investigations, and feature projects. 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