Smacked is the first legal dispensary opening in New York State that is owned by someone with a previous marijuana conviction.
A spokesperson for the state's Office of Cannabis Management says the agency is going to open up about 36 more shops in the coming weeks.The product in the shops comes from regulated farms, and it has been tested in state labs.Businesses have been taking advantage of what appears to be a lack of consequences for selling without a license.Eyewitness News anchor Bill Ritter asked the Office of Cannabis Management's senior policy director about the problem on Up Close.
"The way we're running the dispensaries, there's going to be a buffer between each one," said Alex Bernabe. "So you're not going to get what you have here, with five or six of them lined up in the same street. They're all going to be separated, you can't see through the windows. You're going to have security measures, they're going to be carding everybody, and you'll lose your license if you sell to someone under 21.
"So what we're seeing now is that transferring period between people abusing the system as we work to shut them down and the new dispensaries coming online," Bernabe continued.The sheriff's office will raid a store, and they are restocked the next day.
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