While this happened in other states, most notably California, scale and density have made the problem especially visible in New York City`-, where illicit shops have appeared every couple of blocks in some neighborhoods. The most recent estimate from the OCM is that over 1,700 stores are selling cannabis without a license. As another New York Times story covered, the New York Medical Cannabis Industry Association lab tested flowers, edibles and vapes purchased from 20 different unlicensed stores, and detected prohibited levels of eight different contaminants, including E.coli, salmonella, nickel and lead as well as exaggerated THC levels.
– Read the entire article at CBS News.
