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Local business says illegal dispensaries near College Town undercut licensed operators and attract underage buyers
Summary
A lawyer representing a licensed College Town dispensary asked the Public Safety Committee to help address multiple illegal cannabis shops near Cornell, saying the unlicensed sellers also market other unregulated substances; county and city law enforcement said enforcement falls to local police but the committee agreed to monitor.
A lawyer representing a licensed business in the Ithaca area told Tompkins County’s Public Safety Committee that illegal cannabis dispensaries operating near Cornell University are undercutting licensed operators and drawing underage buyers.
Nate Cook, a partner at the local firm Klausner Cook, said his client College Town Dispensary faces at least five illegal shops within a block of the legal store and reported…
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