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Potful of trouble: NYC stores skirting marijuana licensing rules, prompting legal confusion and safety concerns

amNewYork Metro staff Posted on March 1, 2023
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This story was reported by Camille Botello, Ximena Del Cerro, Ethan Marshall, Dean Moses, Max Parrott, ET Rodriguez, Barbara Russo, Robbie Sequeira and Ethan Stark-Miller. It was edited by Christian Murray and Robert Pozarycki

Just three businesses in New York, all in Manhattan, are legally permitted to sell marijuana to the public at this time — but that hasn’t stopped a plethora of pot dealers across the city from building their own definition of a “green economy.”

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Potful of trouble: NYC stores skirting marijuana licensing rules, prompting legal confusion and safety concerns

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