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Buddy’s faces a similar challenge. Bronson and Cantillo want to secure a rent for a property in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, but if they get it, they may be crazy about space that isn’t yet available. not. To bear the cost, they considered setting up an unlicensed store, but that may jeopardize their prospects for future licenses.
Once Buddy’s licenses, marijuana is illegal at the federal level, but it is forbidden to bring products across state boundaries, so it is necessary to stop importing designer stock from California. “Is it worth it?” Bronson asked. “Do we want to dive in and be the king of what New York offers? Going from having the best weeds in the world to having the worst weeds in the world? Or now? Do you want to continue to be? “
Illegal buddies don’t have to worry about any of these: taxes, real estate gambling, local stocks. Certainly, the temptation to stay underground is there. But now that legalization has become an option, legacy businesses like Buddy are being monitored by officials who want the entire industry to move up.
“They shouldn’t just continue to sell illegally,” said William Barclay, a minority leader in the New York City Council who voted against the legalization of marijuana. Mentioned. “It’s a shame that the legal way is the more expensive way to do things, but it doesn’t make it right to try to sell marijuana outside the system.”
If the buddy becomes legal, and if it’s a plan for now, Bronson and Cantillo will expand, hire more people from the legacy market, and regularly, such as healthcare and severance pay. We hope to provide you with good profits. “I think you have to be licensed and legal to hit that route,” said Bronson, who saw some of California’s top legacy brands. It will migrate normally.
Bronson is confident that the buddy can be manipulated either way, but he is aiming for legalization. “Maybe we will make a difference,” he said. “It sounds awkward, but I want it.”