Cannabis

Don't assume it's harmless: Law enforcement leaders and addiction treatment providers sounded the alarm about cannabis use.

A new law sets a door-to-door standard for measuring minimum distances required near schools, houses of worship.

Riverhead, Southampton and Brookhaven sued New York, saying state cannabis regulators are illegally overriding local control over where retail marijuana shops can locate.

The Riverhead ZBA last night denied two variance requests from a state-licensed cannabis cultivator needed for an indoor growing operation on Middle Road.

Island Grow met with Riverhead planners on Tuesday to advance plans for two indoor cultivation buildings on preserved farmland.

A ZBA hearing on two variances for a proposed Calverton cannabis greenhouse widened into debate over odors, traffic and code interpretation.

The town's cannabis code goes beyond the permissible restrictions allowed by the State Cannabis Law. A Suffolk judge ruled the code provisions void, and a state board separately reached the same conclusion. Riverhead plans to sue — joined by the Town of Southampton.

Supporters and opponents of cannabis businesses clashed at a public hearing Tuesday night on a proposed year-long pause on new dispensaries in Riverhead Town.

The Riverhead Town Board will consider a year-long moratorium on dispensaries in a bid to halt their development after a State Supreme Court judge ruled key aspects of the town’s cannabis zoning law invalid last week.

A Suffolk County Supreme Court judge last week struck down three key provisions of Riverhead Town’s cannabis zoning code — clearing the way for a dispensary in the long-vacant former bank building at 1201 Ostrander Avenue.