Two East End towns went too far in restricting where legal marijuana dispensaries can operate, the state’s Cannabis Control Board has ruled.

The agency issued a pair of advisory opinions deeming local zoning restrictions in Riverhead and Southampton "unreasonably impracticable” in response to grievances from dispensary owners whose plans were stymied by town laws. Officials said the opinions are meant to provide clarity as the statewide rollout of legal cannabis continues.

"We are looking at what is reasonable rules for localities, and I think that these advisory opinions help establish a standard that we need to be doing," cannabis board member Brad Usher said during Monday's meeting.

The board found Southampton measures to be "forbidden" by state cannabis law, limiting dispensarie

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