Location of New York’s First Legal Weed Shops Sparks Concern
Customers shop at Union Square Travel Agency, a cannabis store in downtown Manhattan.
Photographer: Gabby Jones/BloombergThis week, guest writers Cailley LaPara and Gregory Korte take a look at New York’s latest challenges in its difficult rollout of legal marijuana. In particular, all the shops have opened in close proximity in Manhattan, with none in areas of the city and state that have been hit hard by the war on drugs.
New York City’s push into legal recreational weed is facing more hurdles.