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Weed Gardens: More and more illicit cannabis shops are sprouting up in New York's Kew Gardens

Weed Gardens: More and more illicit cannabis shops are sprouting up in New York’s Kew Gardens

Kew Gardens is transforming into Weed Gardens – with another unlicensed cannabis store brazenly opening in the tidy Queens neighborhood. The illicit marijuana store, called “Pre-Roll World,” kicked off its grand opening on Metropolitan Avenue two days ago to much buzz. ” I don’t understand. They are not licensed. The city is not doing anything …

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Washington has been much better than California at displacing the weed black market

Washington has been much better than California at displacing the weed black market

A new report says Washington, which legalized recreational marijuana in 2012, has been far more successful in displacing the black market than California, where voters approved legalization in 2016. In a 2021 survey by the ‘International Cannabis Policy Study (ICPS), 77% of Washington cannabis users said they had purchased “any type of marijuana” from a …

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The black market has strangled the legal weed industry in California.  Now he's coming to New York.

The black market has strangled the legal weed industry in California. Now he’s coming to New York.

“I can also sell you mushrooms,” he adds. It has become a familiar scene in New York. The state legalized adult marijuana more than a year ago, but has yet to issue a single dispensary license. The result was weed free for all: Cannabis seems to be on sale everywhere – in main shops, bodegas, …

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