![]() ![]() We think we’ll ring up a lot of sales.” Housing Works’ storefront, on the border Greenwich Village and Noho. “NYU and tourists can come by here easily. ![]() “It’s a perfect location,” King declared at a press conference Thursday morning, adding 2,000 people had already RSVP’d. “It relaxes my muscles way more than the muscle relaxants big pharma loves to prescribe.”Įarlier in the day, Charles King, CEO of the non-profit that runs the shop, said weed sales opening day would likely be smoking hot. It does a better job than the opiates prescribed to me for years - mainly Oxy,” he said, referring to the pain reliever oxycodone. Sales of at the store will begin at 4:20 p.m. Noah Selling, 40, of Crown Heights came to buy dabs - a highly concentrated form of hash oil - to cope with multiple sclerosis. It’s hard to beat the prices at the bodegas, where you’re getting top-of-the-line $20 eighths.” “It will help put a stop to the illicit trade selling pounds and pounds of marijuana daily,” he said.īut he added, “I probably won’t shop here regularly. James Lissak, 22, a self-professed pothead student from Manhattan’s Upper East Side, said he hoped New York’s green gold rush will help end the stigma around marijuana. In the meantime, a gray market of illegal weed shops have sprouted up in the Big Apple, irking some neighbors and threatening the viability of legitimate shops. Products from the legal sale of cannabis at Housing Works Dispensary. The opening comes nearly two years after the law legalizing cannabis in the state was approved by the legislature and former Gov. The munchies lover said he’s been buzzing with anticipation for an “organic” THC-based ingredient for months. Everything I make I add cannabis - pizza, pasta, I just made some jerk sauce, some garlic sauce,” he said. ![]() I’m a fan.”Īnother Brooklyn buyer, Christon Harrypersad, 36, from Ocean Hill said he planned to take his haul home to bake marijuana-infused treats. “I’ve been using cannabis since the ‘60s. “This is capitalism at its best,” he grinned. Pot buffs can buy 3.5 grams of flower for $55. He also took home some loose-leaf buds for $105 plus tax. Other ganja goodies up for grabs included 1 gram joints for $18 or a five-pack for $44.ĭavid Sipness, 75, of Brooklyn Heights bought raspberry-flavored Florist Farms Golden Raspberry gummies at the powerful dose of 100 mg to help him sleep, he said. Inside the minimalist-style shop, workers showcased gummies ($30), fruit-flavored vapes ($95) and good old-fashioned buds in cookie jar-like containers ($55 for 3.5 grams). “It’s the difference between having something coated in chemicals go in your lungs versus something that doesn’t.”Īs a line of 200 people snaked around the block, a protester shouted, “Richest country in the world and all you people can do is smoke marijuana?!” - to which one buyer fired back: “ She needs an edible!” “It’s a better high and it’s cleaner, with less pesticides,” said Woodin. While it’s less expensive to buy weed from his dealer - $20 on the street compared with $55 for an eighth of an ounce at the new outlet - he said state-regulated marijuana is healthier and higher-end. “I’m here to be part of history,” said Ken Woodin, 33, a stay-at-home dad from Brooklyn, who was puffing pot dubbed Green Crack from a pipe despite signs warning customers not to smoke on site. Hundreds of stoners snapped up everything from pre-rolled joints to potent edibles at the shop’s grand opening at 750 Broadway, straddling Greenwich Village and NoHo, where some folks sparked celebratory blunts in line outside. Sales at the state’s first legal marijuana shop were on a roll Thursday after Housing Works in Noho opened its doors at a quintessential pothead hour - 4:20 p.m. Inside law enforcement efforts to snuff out illegal NYC pot shops NY pols to blame for disastrous marijuana law: Mike Bloomberg One fatally shot in NYC smoke shop ‘robbery gone bad’ Mom of NYC smoke-shop vic: Why did I let him work there? ![]()
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