NYC’s First Legal Weed Store Opens In East Village

Gothamist reports:

New York City’s first licensed, recreational marijuana dispensary opened in the East Village Thursday afternoon, and other legal shops will follow in the coming weeks and months.

Nobody is pretending the ability to buy weed at NYC stores is exactly new. Mayor Eric Adams recently announced a crackdown on the multitude of bodegas and smoke shops selling unregulated marijuana products without a license.

Yet there was little evidence of the promised crackdown just ahead of the scheduled 4:20 p.m. start.

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