{"id":1577,"date":"2023-03-06T06:01:53","date_gmt":"2023-03-06T06:01:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wheretobuymarijuanaseeds.com\/new-york-city-makes-history-with-opening-of-first-recreational-marijuana-dispensary\/"},"modified":"2023-03-06T06:01:54","modified_gmt":"2023-03-06T06:01:54","slug":"new-york-city-makes-history-with-opening-of-first-recreational-marijuana-dispensary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wheretobuymarijuanaseeds.com\/new-york-city-makes-history-with-opening-of-first-recreational-marijuana-dispensary\/","title":{"rendered":"New York City Makes History with Opening of First Recreational Marijuana Dispensary"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On Thursday, February 24th, 2023, New York City made history by opening its first recreational marijuana dispensary. Legally Rooted, a locally-owned and operated medical marijuana dispensary became the first cannabis supplier in the state to open for business.<sup id=\"cite_ref1-0\" class=\"reference\"><a href=\"#cite_note1-0\">[0]<\/a><\/sup> The ribbon cutting ceremony was attended by many, symbolizing the courageous step taken by the state to legalize marijuana for adults 21 and older.<\/p>\n<p>This momentous event comes a year after the state legalized marijuana for recreational use, and is expected to be one of the country\u2019s most profitable markets for cannabis yet.<sup id=\"cite_ref1-1\" class=\"reference\"><a href=\"#cite_note1-1\">[1]<\/a><\/sup> In addition, the amendment adopted on Thursday allows medical cannabis patients to grow up to four plants for personal use, instead of the two plants allowed under the current law.<\/p>\n<p>Furthermore, both adults and medical patients are now able to purchase plants and other cultivation supplies through the licensed market.<sup id=\"cite_ref1-2\" class=\"reference\"><a href=\"#cite_note1-2\">[2]<\/a><\/sup> After meeting with their healthcare provider and satisfying the necessary criteria, patients are now able to purchase cannabis products and are allowed to grow up to four plants at home.<\/p>\n<p>The legalization of marijuana in New York City is a big step towards the decriminalization of cannabis, and is sure to have a positive effect on the economy. This news has been welcomed by many who are excited to see the progress being made towards a more accepting society.<\/p>\n<p><span id=\"cite_note1-0\">0. <\/span>&#8220;Meridian cannabis dispensary opens | Local News | meridianstar.com&#8221; www.meridianstar.com, 6 Mar. 2023, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.meridianstar.com\/news\/local_news\/meridian-cannabis-dispensary-opens\/article_b8071b52-5ee0-579a-b5fd-424fb4c6de79.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">https:\/\/www.meridianstar.com\/news\/local_news\/meridian-cannabis-dispensary-opens\/article_b8071b52-5ee0-579a-b5fd-424fb4c6de79.html<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span id=\"cite_note1-1\">1. <\/span>&#8220;Cannabis News | Cannabis Blog | Herban Creative&#8221; herbancreativenj.com, 6 Mar. 2023, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/herbancreativenj.com\/cannabis-news\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">https:\/\/herbancreativenj.com\/cannabis-news<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span id=\"cite_note1-2\">2. <\/span>&#8220;Maryland House Committee Advances Bill To Regulate Marijuana &#8230;&#8221; www.marijuanamoment.net, 6 Mar. 2023, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.marijuanamoment.net\/maryland-house-committee-advances-bill-to-regulate-marijuana-sales-with-amendments\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">https:\/\/www.marijuanamoment.net\/maryland-house-committee-advances-bill-to-regulate-marijuana-sales-with-amendments\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Thursday, February 24th, 2023, New York City made history by opening its first recreational marijuana dispensary. Legally Rooted, a locally-owned and operated medical marijuana dispensary became the first cannabis supplier in the state to open for business.[0] The ribbon cutting ceremony was attended by many, symbolizing the courageous step taken by the state to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1576,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wheretobuymarijuanaseeds.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1577"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wheretobuymarijuanaseeds.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wheretobuymarijuanaseeds.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wheretobuymarijuanaseeds.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wheretobuymarijuanaseeds.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1577"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/wheretobuymarijuanaseeds.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1577\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wheretobuymarijuanaseeds.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1576"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wheretobuymarijuanaseeds.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1577"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wheretobuymarijuanaseeds.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1577"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wheretobuymarijuanaseeds.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1577"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}