(a) "Adult-use cannabis product" or "adult-use cannabis" has the same meaning as the term is defined in section three of the cannabis law. For purposes of this article, under no circumstances shall adult-use cannabis product include medical cannabis or cannabinoid hemp product as defined in section three of the cannabis law.

(b) "Cannabis" means all parts of the a plant of the genus cannabis, whether growing or not; the seeds thereof; the resin extracted from any part of the plant; and every compound, manufacture, salt, derivative, mixture, or preparation of the plant, its seeds or resin. For purposes of this article, cannabis does not include medical cannabis or cannabinoid hemp product as defined in section three of the cannabis law.

(c) "Cannabis edible product" means a product, containing either cannabis or concentrated cannabis and other ingredients, intended for use or consumption through ingestion, including sublingual or oral absorption.

(d) "Cannabis flower" means the flower of a plant of the genus cannabis that has been harvested, dried and cured but has not undergone any processing whereby the plant material is transformed into a concentrate, including, but not limited to, concentrated cannabis, or into an edible or topical product containing cannabis or concentrated cannabis and other ingredients. Cannabis flower excludes leaves and stem.

(e) "Concentrated cannabis" has the same meaning as the term is defined in section three of the cannabis law.

(f) "Distributor" has the same meaning as the term is defined in section three of the cannabis law.

(g) "Illicit cannabis" means and includes cannabis flower, concentrated cannabis, cannabis edible product and cannabis plant on which any tax required to have been paid under this chapter has not been paid. Illicit cannabis shall not include any cannabis lawfully possessed in accordance with the cannabis law or penal law.

(h) "Cannabis plant" means cannabis that has not been harvested, or undergone processing, drying or curing.

(i) "Person" means every individual, partnership, limited liability company, society, association, joint stock company, corporation, estate, receiver, trustee, assignee, referee, and any other person acting in a fiduciary or representative capacity, whether appointed by a court or otherwise, and any combination of the foregoing.

(j) "Sale" means any transfer of title, possession or both, exchange or barter, rental, lease or license to use or consume, conditional, or otherwise, in any manner or by any means whatsoever for a consideration or any agreement therefor.

(k) "Total THC" has the same meaning as the term defined in section three of the cannabis law. * NB Effective April 1, 2022