An internal review released Friday revealed significant challenges, to put it nicely, plaguing New York’s legal cannabis market. The issues are primarily attributed to inexperienced leadership within the state’s Office of Cannabis Management (OCM). The report was blunt, calling the OCM a “mission-driven” startup rather than a competent government office. Governor Kathy Hochul then proceeded to fire Chris Alexander, the head of the OCM. The report noted that the OCM was staffed with inexperienced leadership, lacked a transparent process for licensing new dispensaries and had virtually no custom…
