Just as sites like DoorDash and Seamless have taken over food delivery in New York, third-party cannabis companies could soon become the go-to source for legal weed purchases.
“We hope this decision ultimately leads to a healthy, stable adult-use market in the state,” Leafly said in a statement celebrating the win. “It’s impossible to overstate the importance of providing consumers with choices, and educational information when making purchasing decisions.” “They’re worried about making money. They don't care about us,” Orduña said of companies like Leafly. Other competitors include Weedmaps and Doobie.
But Orduña is also among the legal dispensary owners who have complained that some of the state’s regulations make it too difficult to compete with unlicensed shops. He said, for instance, that the state should ease its restrictions around signage outside of stores.