Weed has been legal in New York state since 2021 but the first dispensary is set to open — finally — in Manhattan

Cannabis tourism has become a billion-dollar industry, but up until this week visitors to New York City couldn't find licensed dispensaries to buy ...

January 1, 2023
9:46 PM

Cannabis tourism has become a billion-dollar industry, but up until this week visitors to New York City couldn't find licensed dispensaries to buy weed despite the drug's legal status.According to the governor's official site, on Thursday, Housing Works, a New York City-based HIV/AIDS nonprofit, will become the first nonprofit in the state to legally sell cannabis products when it opens the doors to its new store in the East Village of Manhattan. In March 2021, cannabis was legalized for recreational use in New York state.

Jordan Hart