How New York City Became a Free-for-All of Unlicensed Weed

Shops selling weed have proliferated since the state legalized cannabis last year, thriving in confusion over their legality and a lack of enforcement.

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Jordie1010
Jordie1010
170 · 4 months ago · Reddit

Edibles at all the shops I’ve been in are still quite expensive. I dont see signs that they will undercut the legal products yet

bkornblith
bkornblith
62 · 4 months ago · Reddit

The real story is that law enforcement in NYC is so capricious and functionally useless that anything is legal always unless police randomly decide they don’t like you… for any reasons, be it racism, or whatnot.

drpvn
drpvn
55 · 4 months ago · Reddit

They’re not going to be able to put this genie back in the bottle. The city and the state really fucked this up royally.

masahawk
masahawk
10 · 4 months ago · Reddit

Unless they decriminalize it started selling it where they sell cigarettes, the black market will always be ahead of the real market