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The Fight Against New York’s METRC Monopoly Heats Up

January 15, 2026 blogger accounting, Business, Focus Article, Industry Analysis, Medicial Marijuana, metrc, monopoly, New York, Policy, Stop Smoking Marijuana, Stop Smoking Pot, weed, withdrawal

There is a growing fear among New York cannabis operators that the lawsuit challenging Metrc’s Retail ID program will “kill track and trace” and return the state to the chaos of inversion and inventory failures experienced last year. That fear is understandable. It is also wrong. Retail ID is not track-and-trace. Retail ID is a […]

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