As NYC cracks down on illegal weed shops, 3,000 are going up in smoke. It’s no ‘urban doom loop,’ but could be a ray of hope for priced-out legal retailers

The city has been inundated with unlicensed cannabis dispensaries while legal shops have gotten off to a slow start.
For the nearly 3,000 unlicensed cannabis dispensaries operating across New York City, it was fun while it lasted. Since the city received the go-ahead from the state last month to crack down on illeg…