Cannabis farmers group files lawsuit claiming New York’s rollout puts small farmers at risk [Video]

ONONDAGA COUNTY, N.Y. — The New York Office of Cannabis Management and Cannabis Control Board have been named in a new lawsuit filed by a group of cannabis farmers who claim the state’s rollout has left many of them facing a financial cliff.

The Cannabis Farmers Alliance represents about 120 farmers all across the state including about 25 in Western New York.

The lawsuit filed in Onondaga County Court last Monday accuses the state of violating its own statutes, failing to keep the cannabis market stable for small growers, and not doing enough to prevent illegal cannabis products from being sold throughout the state.

“Really what New York has created is two classes of operators, an unlawful one that’s taking advantage of the market and the people who are …