According to reports from many US media including " New York Times ", Associated Press and other US media on December 29, local time, the first legal cannabis store in New York City opened in lower Manhattan that day. Business was very hot, and it was sold out in less than 3 hours and closed.
reported that this store was opened in the East Village in lower Manhattan, New York, adjacent to New York University , and was operated by an organization called "Housing Works". The agency is a non-profit organization that provides assistance to homeless people and people living with HIV/AIDS.
Last month, the New York State Cannabis Management Office issued the first 36 cannabis retail licenses to operators with marijuana criminal records and some non-profit organizations that provide assistance services to drug addicts, "Housing Project" is one of them.
html On the morning of the 129th, the cannabis store held an opening ceremony, with New York State Cannabis Office Executive Director Chris Alexander and New York City Councilmember Carlina Rivera attending. Under a slew of cameras, Chris Alexander became the first customer at New York's first legal cannabis retail store, purchasing a box of watermelon-flavored marijuana gummies and a jar of smokable marijuana flower.
"We've done a lot of work to get to this point, and we still have a lot of work to do and a lot of stores to open," said Alexander, who claimed that legal cannabis retail stores are repairing the damage caused by the government's previous strict prohibition of marijuana policies. , "The vast majority of people incarcerated for possession and sale of marijuana are black and Latino, which is no accident."
City Councilman Rivera also bought cannabis gummies and said that cannabis retail stores will create more jobs and be beneficial to New York's economic development. Charles King, CEO of Housing Works, said revenue from the cannabis retail stores will fund the organization’s other projects.
"This is a perfect location, we are between the West Village and the East Village in New York." Jin expressed satisfaction with the location of the store at the opening ceremony. "It is also easy for tourists to come here, so I think we will achieve huge sales here." The result was exactly as Jin expected. The store only opened at 4:20 p.m., but there was already a long queue at noon. By 3 p.m., the queue to buy marijuana had reached hundreds of meters long, spanning multiple blocks. After
officially opened, the products in the store were sold out in less than 3 hours, and the store manager had to close the store just after 7 o'clock. At that time, there were still hundreds of customers waiting in line outside the store, some of whom had even queued for more than four hours.
(Source: Observer.com )
