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Jumal George poses for a photograph wearing a NYC Cannabis Union hat.
Posted inMarijuana

A Budtender at NYC’s First Legal Pot Shop Is in Rikers on Pot Charges

by Rosalind Adams Oct. 24, 2023, 5:00 a.m.Oct. 25, 2023, 3:53 p.m.

An employee of the city’s first legal marijuana dispensary is being held on Rikers Island on a cannabis-related felony charge in a striking example of how pot, despite being legal in New York state, can still drag people into the criminal justice system as it remains illegal under federal law and those of several states. […]

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