In a fight between local residents and unlicensed cannabis stores, the locals are winning.
New York City Mayor Eric Adams and Gov. Kathy Hochul have shut down more than 1,000 illegal cannabis shops. City and state officials have seized over $63 million worth of illicit drugs and drug paraphernalia.
This is a side effect of legalized cannabis.
In New York City, more than 779 illegal stores have been padlocked, according to Hochul’s office. The New York State Illicit Cannabis Enforcement Task Force has closed an additional 230 across the state.
The video above shows a little of what New York City has become.
Is this what your city looks like?
Armstrong Williams (www.armstrongwilliams.com; @arightside) is a political analyst, syndicated columnist and owner of the broadcasting company, Howard Stirk Holdings. He is also part owner of The Baltimore Sun.
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