So the state of New York has legalized marijuana, and how's it going? Doritos and Patchouli oil sales through the roof? Maybe.
There has been "a sharp rise in robberies targeting illegal smoke shops around the city. There were 251 violent robberies in 2021, and more than double that number in 2022. This year, robberies are up another 10%.".
New York City Mayor Eric Adams has declared: "This cannabis stuff is a real problem!" He has done nothing about it and insisted that it's the state's problem.
The city has plenty of problems of its own that arise from the legalization, and they aren't all related to crime.
Another unexpected byproduct of the proliferation of grass inside Gotham has been that the City That Never Sleeps has become the City That Always Sleeps.
The Post's Steve Cuozzo observed Sunday that all too many city stores are staffed by stoners who can barely understand, much less fulfill, customer orders.
"A license to get high," Cuozzo says, "Has turned service employees into zombies." He adds: "I've lived in the city nearly all my life. I never had to repeat my highly complex Starbucks order - a 'tall' coffee - three times to get a response from the bummed-out barista, the way I do now." He says that he now regularly encounters service workers who are "Stoned up the wazoo, hollow-eyed, disengaged from their tasks, their breath reeking of weed." This makes what used to be routine transactions into unpredictable adventures.
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