I think it's all about the tax revenue.

Going to be the same as the illegal lotteries And ppl selling on the street

It’s hilarious that people now say that as a complaint about legal pot, when the tax revenue was part of the selling point for legalization in the first place.

this is a good thing, the products at these places are straight trash - ESPECIALLY any kind of oil pens or cartridges. the smoke shops that are on nearly every block in manhattan all sell the same fake products with fake CA packaging. the fact that you can buy it with a credit card is also just insane, i’ve bought bud in several legal states and could never pay with a credit card until coming to NY, where shop owners simply ignored every law, regulation, and risk possible:

people been sellin weed out of bodegas since way before weed was legalized. its not gonna stop now, itll just go back to the down low

This is a bad take. Legal dispensaries are selling the same exact shit and at a mark up. It all comes from the same farms up north.

I actually got a 1/2 from housing works and when I peeled away one of the stickers it was labeled over 3 months expired.

All this noise is fear mongering to try and drive sales through taxed avenues. Shutting down and fining minority businesses for selling street weed while simultaneously virtue signaling about trying to mitigate the damages drug legislation has had on POC is the ultimate irony.

They couldn’t care less, they want that sales tax.

If they’re gonna overcharge they need to sell decent bud. All the dispensary stuff I’ve tried has been quite bad, tbh

Guess I’m going back to the delivery services then. OPEN MORE FUCKING LEGAL STORES NYC

That's the only reason they legalized it. So if that's the incentive, then they need to issue licenses quickly. Instead, they show their incompetence and go after shops providing the product.