NEW YORK — New York’s first legal recreational marijuana dispensary opened on Thursday in the heart of Manhattan. More than 100 people crowded into the dispensary in New York City’s East
Customers wait in line to attend the opening of Housing Works Cannabis Co, the first recreational cannabis dispensary in New York on December 29, 2022 in New York City. AFP
“The first legal adult-use cannabis sales mark a historic milestone in New York’s cannabis industry,” said Governor Kathy Hochul, who oversees the fourth most populous US state. The goal is to repair what Hochul described as the unfair and disproportionate impact of decades of prohibition of marijuana, which has affected African American and Hispanic communities.
Inside the shop, speaking to reporters, New York state senator Liz Krueger said she expects the ramp up of legal marijuana dispensaries will help “those most impacted by the failed cannabis criminalization policies of the past.”Even hard-line Mayor Eric Adams, a former police officer, nodded toward the economic benefit of the dispensaries, saying the “legal cannabis market could be a real boon to New York’s economic recovery… through increased tax revenues.
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