Geneva’s cannabis dispensary, Highpoints, is going to close next week.
The state-approved dispensary, near the entrance to the Lake Geneva Center Plaza, has been open for just over a month.
New York’s cannabis industry is bracing for another legal challenge that could put the industry in limbo for the third time. Two companies that applied for an adult-use retail dispensary license filed a federal suit last week.
The ongoing delays from lawsuits have left New York farmers who have grown marijuana to be sold in legal dispensaries in a bind, with hundreds of thousands of pounds of pot waiting to be sold.
The Office of Cannabis Management allowed farmers to partner with a licensed adult-use retailer at public events this year called Cannabis Grower Showcases, but that program sunsets at the end of the year. That’s the program that the Geneva dispensary is operating under.
High Points owner Daryl Hilkert was a guest on FLX Morning Friday and went into detail about the issue
