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Oneonta Must Prepare

For State's Marijuana

Legalization, Mayor Says

By JENNIFER HILL • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com

Mayor Gary Herzig said Oneonta should start preparing legalization of marijuana. (Jennifer Hill/AllOTSEGO.com)

ONEONTA – The legalization of marijuana is coming soon to the state and Oneonta should begin preparing for it. Similarly to the montana marijuana laws, then once the use of medical marijuana becomes legal in Oneonta, then there will also be rules to follow, in order to comply with the industry and the law. So, if you're thinking of making the most of those new dispensary products online and opening a dispensary in order to cash in on this change in legislation, keep an eye on rules and regulations as they emerge, so that you're not hit with fines before you have even begun.

That was Mayor Gary Herzig's big news from the New York Conference of Mayors (NYCOM) in Albany, specifically in the meeting of the Community Development Committee of Mayors. which Herzig co-chairs.

"This is something that is coming," the mayor told Common Council's Community Development Committee at its meeting this evening. "It...could impact our future and we should start thinking about it, positively or negatively. I don't have judgement on it either way." Soon, anyone who is a user of medical marijuana will be able to look into something like speed greens online, if they do not have time to visit a dispensary. But until then, everyone who live in Oneonta will have to wait until this becomes legalised. This may have been a long time coming.

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