From The Buffalo News (August 15, 2022) — Justin Schultz first opened his CBD manufacturing business, Bison Botanics, in 2018 with the hopes of one day breaking into the recreational cannabis market in New York.
That day came Monday when Schultz learned he was among the first three Western New York businesses to receive a license from the state to process cannabis.
Chocolate Delivery Systems on Elmwood Avenue in Buffalo and Empire Hemp Co. on Main Street in Batavia were the two other local businesses awarded licenses. Fifteen companies were given licenses from the state on Monday, according to the state Office of Cannabis Management.
“To be one of the first in the state to be able to do this is just an extraordinary opportunity that we’re so excited about and to be a part of,” Empire Hemp Co. CEO Chris VanDusen said.
This license allows processors to take cannabis grown by New York farmers and turn it into consumer products, such as marijuana edibles, vape cartridges, topicals and smokable joints.
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