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Empire Cannabis Clubs in Chelsea is everything you’d imagine a marijuana dispensary to be. There are glass display cases with a variety of marijuana buds, known as flower, and shelves full of edibles, pre-rolled joints, vape cartridges and other THC products — all in a sleek retail setting.
On its website, Empire proclaims itself the city’s first cannabis dispensary. But owners of the small business say they’re not actually selling cannabis, technically speaking — they’re selling club memberships.
Under state law, recreational marijuana sales are illegal until the state develops regulations and issues licenses. Empire says it’s in compliance with the law because it operates as a not-for-profit membership club
Empire operates as a not-for-profit membership club in order to tiptoe around state law.
Weed is going to be so expensive there that people are going to continue buying from the black market.
Yes. That happened in CA but the bright side is the customer will always win. Up to the state if they want the tax money or not. Respect the weed and it respects you. If you get too greedy it will cut you off.
This state can't even sell drugs properly. NY worst drug dealer ever.
Reminds me of NYC OTB, the only bookie that went broke.
And on top of it, tons of local municipalities are trying to opt out of sales of a product that is legal to possess and use within the state. Just begging people to buy elsewhere and let other jurisdictions get a bigger piece of that tax money pie.
Reminds me of NYC OTB, the only bookie that went broke.
Is that why all those places closed?
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