The state is about to award our area's first marijuana dispensary licenses.
The first licenses will go to people convicted of marijuana crimes.
The Cannabis Control Board is meeting next Thursday to choose the awardees for Conditional Adult-use Retail Dispensaries licenses in the Rochester-Finger Lakes region.
Licenses for our region had been blocked, until last week when the board settled a lawsuit brought by a Michigan-area company.
There are 12 dispensaries operating statewide, so far.