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Illegal Weed Crackdown Continues
Protecting Our Children and Our Streets from Illegal Smoke Shops Photo by Ed Reed/Mayoral Photography Office By Mayor Eric Adams Community Op Ed Bronx Voice August 12, 2024 Follow @Bronxvoice1 NEW YORK - Every day, this administration is improving the quality of life of the 8.3 million New Yorkers who call this city home. From keeping New Yorkers safe on the subways and streets, to getting black garbage bags off our sidewalks, to building more green and clean public spaces, we are making our city safer and more livable for all New Yorkers. But for too long, illegal cannabis shops have contributed to a feeling that anything goes on our streets, while targeting our most vulnerable, including children, with dangerous, counterfeit products marketed as candy. These stores threaten the health and safety of New Yorkers by selling dangerous and untested products. We will not sit idly by as these illegal cannabis shops continue to harm our kids and we will not let th...
