As New York nears its first regulated marijuana sales, authorities are coming down on the unregulated market as it threatens the success of licensed businesses.
New York City was already home to one of the largest illicit marijuana markets in the world prior to legalization. But confusion surrounding weed laws, combined with the entrepreneurial ethos of the Big Apple, has led to a booming, brazen market for unregulated cannabis sales. | Brennan Linsley/AP PhotoNearly two years after former Gov. Andrew Cuomo signed a bill to make marijuana legal, New York’s first dispensary is slated to open its doors.
“The history of government enforcement has really been … associated with putting Black bodies in prison,” said Trivette Knowles, a spokesperson for the Office of Cannabis Management. But it’s a particularly tricky tightrope to walk for New York, which is trying to put people hurt by drug enforcement at the front of the line forlicenses. However, some entrepreneurs seeking to break into the industry say rigorous enforcement is needed if they’re going to have any chance at creating successful businesses.
But the distinction between those two types of unlicensed operators — and exactly who is at risk of enforcement actions — is hazy and subjective, some cannabis lawyers and entrepreneurs say. “If the legal shops were open we would send [our customers] their way, but where are we supposed to send them?” she wondered. “Send them to someone more sneaky than us?”
Meanwhile, one of her unlicensed clients was located next to another storefront that was recently raided, she said.
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