New York has approved the first licenses to sell recreational marijuana, however, of more than 900 applications the state received only 36 were approved. NBC News’ Zinhle Essamuah reports on how the issue is currently tied up in the courts due to a federal judge stopping license approval in certain parts of New York.
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wait til they put 28% tax on the sale then people will think twice .
The free market won’t allow a 28% tax, so that will never happen.
@Wigit Chicago is higher than that and they’re still open
@Wigit a little over 31%
Come on Texas
Lol, Texas is a lost cause.
Taxes on pot dogs, don’t jump to conclusions…..
This will definitely cut down on crime and lead to black communities becoming whole again! Great job New York!
More places to ROB
Robert, that’s like saying giving birth to a child just means more people to murder. WTF, dude?
No actually it won’t. We have had them in Detroit for years and things just keep getting worse
@ryan mac that’s the point moron.
Everyone in this country is habitually high and/drunk. No wonder the present and future of this country are grim.
Big difference between being drunk and being high. Alcohol is far more detrimental to one’s health than marijuana. Certainly more deadly.
@Brak Dayton That person doesnt care. Your arguments are wasted on a closed minded judgmental simpleton.
This person thinks high/drunk people are so powerful that they can solely determine the future of this country. When someone is that far gone, there is no argument that will reach them.
Not only that but this person also think EVERYONE is high or drunk. The amount of delusion here is equivalent to a mountain. And im not in the mountain moving business and neither are you.
This person is so delusional that they thik living in the United States in 2022 is grim. I challenge this person to live a year in the country Chad or the Congo or any african country being ripped apart by gangsters/governments. If they think USA is so bad and grim try living in the Ukraine….
People high on cannabis are fine. It’s the sober people you need to watch out for.
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Man why can’t the state of Texas have smarter people’s to just legalize marijuana
Mexas, home of rich whitey GOP loozers? Ha ha ha, GOOD luck with that!!
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why it’s a plant
Dont stress about it. Im sure the officials will mellow out in a few weeks.
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They will only stop if only the crime become high and homeless is on the street.
What a stupid way to go about it. Just let people grow it themselves so long as they don’t sell what they grow outside of Co-ops.
Now, they’ll act like the license is something special, give it to people without any consideration for merit, and tax them into bankruptcy, just like in California.
Consumers will be totally f’d over too because the prices will be absurd forcing them onto the black market anyway.
Great job doing *nothing* politicians.
Way to many companies way to much weed way to much taxes the prices of weed plummeted in California you guys are all zapping this thing to the ground
We have pot shops already in upstate NY on the Indian reservation for the last 2 years.
When will the federal government wake up and see the the people have spoken we wont legal weed how many more states need to legalize it before they step up and give the people what they wont
Spell check is your friend.
I guess you’re not ready for grown up stuff yet….
A lisence to grow a plant that can grow on its own. Pretty stupid and greedy.
Tell it to the judge.😉 “It just grew in my backyard on it’s own, Your Honor.”
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900 applicants and only 36 got it. That’s 4% of the stated number of applicants. 🤓
That percentage will rise.
Forget NY, Welcome to Thailand. Its legit.
Why fly to Thailand when you can just drive across the border to Canada? It’s been legal nationwide for years.
rich people getting richer
Comical that libs think this will matter.
Im glad those rich people are always happy.
Giving you a benifit of the doubt here. Some just do, its another thing. Try it in a family meal just a little, its as strong as one as it is. But, yes in your current religions now, it was. You were doubtful if you had wanted to. Just not anything evil. Kinda a bad time for you to do anything else. Oil and Plastic, your thing. And other most evil. The dragon wins though, so dont worry about it, you kinda failed in afganistan anyway, so. Heres your hat, sit quietly and keep your hands in your lap. Oh yeah, ill remind you alllllll the time also.
Ran out of therapy cash?
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So far behind the modern world, it is the usa though.
Happy for ny
Who do you have to bribe to get a license?
This IS America. Money talks.
If they legalized the way California and Nevada did, ylthe license will cost millions
I’ve seen that guy on a vice documentary he was a minor when he had a drug kingpin operation off of New York City very interesting story look him up
Americans couldn’t have compliated this issue any more if they tried. Legalizing pot is probably a stupid idea when de-criminalization would have worked much better. What was the last vestige of free enterprise in the country will soon be corporate controlled like everything else.
@Ocean Shrugs who doesn’t or shows up with a crappy deal other than what you were told, and someone’s mom drove him there.
“the last vestige of free enterprise in the country”
Will someone please tell me what planet this guy is posting from?
@Ocean Shrugs Long ago, my friends and I paid for some…weed, sure, it was weed 😉…but our ‘friend’ never showed. His dealer took the money for a debt the guy owed him so then he just blew us off. Had to track him down the next day to even find out.
@Doug Kenney My guess is the 60s iconic show, Dragnet, where Jack Webb warned some hippies that cocaine leads to MARIJUANA ADDICTION! Effing hilarious.
Our federal government needs to arrest everyone who sells or possesses marijuana. It is a Federally controlled illegal substance. Elected officials who advocate for legalization are also in violation of their oath of office and should be charged as well.
Umm lets legalize these low power stimulants for those with conditions that they treat. Let 7-11 sell them. They are naturally made inside the trees that grow in Texas.
There’s some favoritism going on here.
And this is a good thing? Drugs? If ny wasn’t already dangerous & unsanitary enough
keepin’ that population doped up…. so they don’t notice NY’s hand in thier pocket
Might as well eh? Crime is legal in NY anyway.
Welcome to the rest of the legal MJ world, NY! Congratulations!
More destruction to a society by the left
Mental health problems will explode.
The damage done to young brains is tragic.
The scale of the damage linked to the legalization of this drug should be reported on.
In Denver use by young brains actually dropped. Making weed legal took the fun out of it for the young brains. Look up the study on canibus use and young brains in Denver.
@Dick Tracy Colorado has been badly affected by legalization.
Show me the positive statistics from Colorado.
@Billy Bob I gave a positive , you prove your case and stop running your mouth
@Dick Tracy you made an unsubstantiated claim.
Been 2 shops opened for months now here in Rome, NY 😁
50 in Syracuse and 2 in every surrounding town.
Huh I would have thought NY would be legalized along time ago considering how liberal they are
Put the gangs out of business
Over 20 years late with too many restrictions , but a needed change ! When will the feds legalize ???
a little to late this country will forever be behind in the modern age
Wasent he a drug kingpin lol
36 were approved??? Sounds like corruption to me!!
There’s something fishy going on here. 900.apicants and only 36 were approved. I’m wondering if anyone was paid off to speed up the process. Just wondering!!
if you want to go to America and you are a foreigner you tick something wrong and you can fly straight home at the airport so I’m not surprised if they are a little stricter on checking
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I got out my pipe stuffed it with pot
You better believe it held a whole lot.
I whipped out a lighter thumbed up a flame
Sucked down that smoke which comforts my brain.
I tried alcohol smoked cigarettes
They did nothing but give me regrets.
My mom had arthritis could not walk around
I rolled her a joint she danced on the ground.
I thought I was losing my lovemaking knack
After I smoked some to me it came back.
Soon I decided prices were high
I searched for some ground I wouldn’t have to buy.
I bargained for seeds from smokers all around
Got in my truck and drove out of town.
I walked through the woods where wild birds nest
Found me the meadow I thought was the best.
I dug up the ground sowed all my seeds
Said a small prayer for strong, healthy weeds.
I watered at night with a five-gallon pail
Mosquitoes went hungry for I wore a veil.
Seven months went by; I thought I would die
Till the Halloween moon was high in the sky.
At night I went out, in a camouflage suit
Used my corn knife to chop down the loot.
I hung it up to dry where it couldn’t be found.
Came back and got it, when it had turned brown.
I trimmed off the buds, stuffed them in bags
Called all my friends and passed out free drags.
In less than a week my crop was gone
I flew to St. Thomas with a love hungry blonde!!
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Aw yeah. Weed 4 lyfe
What planet do Y’all live on? There are all ready non native dispensers selling all sorts of Marijuana items and they have done so coming up on a year now!
Get ready for violent smoke shop robberies, you know they’re coming.
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Keep lowering the standards.
Americas youth about to get worse.
Think 🤔 God I don’t need to use marijuana for recreational time, I don’t like the way it makes me feel I found out in medical research that it makes your brains swell up a thousand combinations to destroy your brain cells
Makes sense for NY. Keep you stoned and stupid to distract you from their corruption and declining society. You think the people in charge smoke it? No way!
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Thinking of all people that were harassed and criminalized and imprisoned by American fascists for pot, about time
The US … we can’t manufacture anything but we can sure grow pot. Our corporations, universities and government turned over to foreign interests while we grow pot.
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