New York State suspended the sales of millions of dollars of the best -selling Vapes and pre -rolled joints in the middle of the investigation, whether they were carried out with law approved in the state, according to documents obtained by the New York Times.
In a number of orders issued by April 23, the Office for the Management of Cannabis, which oversees companies that grow and sell cannabis in the state, directed the dispens to remove from their shelves mostly and rolled joints from Stiiiza and Mfased, among other things.
The orders offered a window for the investigation of the cannabis agency accused of drawing weeds from non -cultivated growers for licensed dispensing, which is illegal. The Times received two documents through a public record request and another order from two people with whom they were shared.
The strategy of using non -cultivated growers, known as “inversion”, subclass that legalization offers consumers safe reserves of cannabis products that can be traced back to local farms. It is a federal crime that transports marijuana across state lines, so legal weeds must be grown and sold in the same state through licensed businesses.
According to orders, investigators questioned the origin of cannabis oil, which was used to fill the evaporation and accuracy of laboratory tests that certified all mfused varieties as safe. Stiiiza based in Los Angeles and Mfused, based in Seattle, are two of the largest cannabis brands in America.
According to Headset, a data company that crushes the selling numbers of cannabis, their fumes were among the 10 best retailers in New York in April. According to batch records and retail prices, the quarantine products, which were held in factory warehouses and dispensary vaults, have a retail value exceeding $ 10 million.
If investigators find evidence of inversion, the products could be confiscated and destroyed during withdrawal. In the most serious case, the regulators could cancel the license of a processing company that caused the launching and banned brands from New York. If the investigation does not find any unlawful conduct, the products could be released for sale.
In his statement, Mfused stated that it cost his products to integrate, while Stiiiza said it was convinced that the investigation would not find any evidence of inversion. Kaycha Labs, a license laboratory that carried out testing for Mfused, did not respond to an e-mail with a comment search.
The brand has contracts with Omnium Health, a state -making company that produces their waste in New York. Omnium records reviewed by inspectors with the Office for Management of Cannabis or OCM in connection with Audit 7. April indicate that the waste was filled with oil that was extracted in the place associated with OMNIE, which was not approved for oil processing, said the order. Omnium officials forbade Omnium to use oil until he had been extracted legally.
The order administered on another processor, the distribution of Adonis in Gloversville, New York, also stiffened the sale of some of the previously rolled joints filled with terpenes, compounds that give cannabis aroma and taste that were not properly logged in.
In his statement, Omnium stated that the situation was cooked for an administrative mistake.
“The confusion arose from the address given on the document, which is more of the company address OMNIA than from the actual extraction point,” the company said. “It has been confirmed that all extraction occurred at an approved location that was checked by OCM and verified so that there was a correct extraction device on the spot.”
In his statement, OCM said his investigation was still active, adding that Omnium had submitted a plan to remedy the problems listed in the orders. The quarantine remained in force on Thursday.
Thousands of evaporation have already been sold to consumers, especially around 20 April, the date of the unofficial annual celebration celebration, which is usually the largest day of sale for retailers.
In the e -mail retailers on April 23, Omnium said that a quarantine order also applies to products under the brand Animal, Bodega Boyz, Muha Meds, Smoke and the Moon.
The quarantine left the licensed state set of the state.
Brandon Carter, a co -owner of Trends in Long Island City, Queens, said that pharmacies were placed on larger orders before 20 April and expect more sales to make on the day and the weather will warm up. The quarantine forced them to hold the weeds that they could not sell to customers looking for it, said.
“That’s a lot of other supplies that people have to sit on, which we can’t make any money,” he said.
On the flower on the upper western side of Manhattan, a piece of the space of the shelf in which the MFFUSED display was placed, last Sunday sat empty. The brand was the best -selling. Lenox Hill Cannabis on Upper East Side said that quarantine affected about 15 percent of trade stocks.
Wei Hu, co -owner of Lenox Hill Cannabis, said his business had given a great order for Stiiizy’s Vapes and pre -rolled joints after being released in New York in February. He said he expected the brand to sell well because it was already popular on the west coast and the street market. Half of the order was sold until the quarantine came into force, he said, but the other half is stored in the vault.
Customers “apply for stiiizia,” he said. “They are interested in why it is not on offer.”
