New Partnership Targets Unlicensed Cannabis Shops In New York, Here's How
New Partnership Targets Unlicensed Cannabis Shops In New York, Here's How
"The operating environment in the Empire State for legal cannabis retailers has been formidable and the continued proliferation of unlicensed retailers in New York creates unfair competition for licensed retailers and confusion for cannabis consumers," Leafly CEO Leafly (NASDAQ:LFLY) announced Thursday that it's expanding its support of the legal New York cannabis market via a new partnership with the New York Cannabis Retail Association (NYCRA), a non-profit coalition of New York dispensary owners united under the slogan "Collaboration Over Competition."
Leafly（納斯達克股票代碼：LFLY）週四宣佈，它將通過與紐約大麻零售協會（NYCRA）建立新的合作伙伴關係，擴大對紐約合法大麻市場的支持。紐約大麻零售協會是一個由紐約藥房所有者組成的非營利聯盟，其口號是 「合作勝於競爭」。
The new collaboration, notes Leafly, seeks aims to help create a more sustainable, equitable and inclusive cannabis industry.
Leafly指出，新的合作旨在幫助建立一個更可持續、更公平和更具包容性的大麻產業。
Why It Matters: Leafly and NYCRA agreed to sponsor a series of industry events in 2024 and also to work on implementing marketing initiatives to strengthen New Yorkers' awareness of the importance of buying legal and local cannabis.
爲何重要：Leafly和NYCRA同意在2024年贊助一系列行業活動，並努力實施營銷計劃，以提高紐約人對購買合法和當地大麻的重要性的認識。
"The operating environment in the Empire State for legal cannabis retailers has been formidable and the continued proliferation of unlicensed retailers in New York creates unfair competition for licensed retailers and confusion for cannabis consumers," Leafly CEO Yoko Miyashita said.
Leafly首席執行官宮下洋子說：「合法大麻零售商在帝國的運營環境非常艱難，紐約無牌零售商的持續激增給持牌零售商造成了不公平競爭，也給大麻消費者帶來了困惑。」
Read Also: A Dictionary Of Weed Slang: Leafly's Leafy Lexicon
另請閱讀：大麻俚語詞典：Leafly 的綠葉詞典
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The new partnership follows years of attempts by New York officials and law enforcement to tackle the growing issue of the illegal cannabis market. That said, New York Governor Kathy Hochul, NYC Mayor Eric Adams and other key city officials recently announced that more than 1,000 illicit cannabis stores have been shut down across NY, including 779 illegal stores padlocked in New York City and an additional 230 closures statewide.
新的夥伴關係是在紐約官員和執法部門多年來努力解決日益嚴重的非法大麻市場問題之後建立的。儘管如此，紐約州州長凱西·霍赫爾、紐約市市長埃裏克·亞當斯和其他主要市政官員最近宣佈，紐約州已關閉了1,000多家非法大麻商店，其中包括在紐約市掛鎖的779家非法商店以及全州另外關閉的230家非法大麻商店。
Enter the latest effort by Leafly and NYCRA.
參見 Leafly 和 NYCRA 的最新作品。
"As the first cannabis marketplace to operate in New York, we have seen first-hand the struggles legal cannabis businesses face in a challenging regulatory environment and unfair competition from thousands of unlicensed operators who sell unregulated cannabis to New Yorkers and tourists alike," Miyashita explained. "Simply put, retailers deserve to operate in a fair and competitive marketplace and the citizens of New York deserve access to safe products and information to make informed purchasing decisions."
宮下解釋說：「作爲第一個在紐約運營的大麻市場，我們親眼目睹了合法大麻企業在充滿挑戰的監管環境中面臨的困難，以及來自成千上萬向紐約人和遊客出售不受監管的大麻的無牌經營者的不公平競爭。」「簡而言之，零售商應該在公平競爭的市場中運營，紐約市民應該獲得安全的產品和信息，以便做出明智的購買決定。」
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