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The People’s Joint Cannabis Dispensary on Saturday, Aug. 2, 2025, on State Street in Schenectady, NY. It is one of many dispensaries the state says must move because it is too close to a school. The state, which misinterpreted the law, recommended the location to the proprietors of the People’s Joint.

Just when you thought the state Office of Cannabis Management might have moved past the absurdities and embarrassments of its retail marijuana rollout, here comes a story of ineptitude that may make you wonder what officials were smoking.

More than 150 cannabis dispensaries statewide, regulators have admitted, may have to move because they were allowed to open closer to schools than is allowed by law. The issue is in the calculation: OCM measured the distance from the entrance of the potential dispensary to the entrance........

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