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First legal cannabis dispensary opens in NY

(29 Dec 2022) FOR CLEAN VERSION SEE STORY NUMBER: 4412841 ASSOCIATED PRESS New York - 29 December 2022 1. Storefront of NY's first state-sanctioned dispensary Housing Works Cannabis Co. HEADLINE: NY opens first legal cannabis dispensary 2. Various of interior of store, scene inside 3. Various cannabis products for sale, close up of Gossamer guides ANNOTATION: The first legal dispensary for recreational marijuana in New York 'Housing Works Cannabis Co.' rung up its first sales on Thursday. ANNOTATION: It's expected to be one of the country's most lucrative markets for cannabis. 4. SOUNDBITE (English) Charles King, Housing Works CEO: "We intend to use the proceeds, from hopefully what will not just be one retail outlet but more than one, to ameliorate circumstances for other people who have been incarcerated due to possession and sale of drugs, as well as taking on overall the war on drugs." 5. Executive Director of the New York State Office of Cannabis Management Chris Alexander making the first purchase from the store ANNOTATION: Chris Alexander, the Executive Director of the State Cannabis Office, made the first purchase: gummies and a tin of marijuana flowers. 6. SOUNDBITE (English) Chris Alexander, Executive Director of the New York State Office of Cannabis Management: "Legalization for us has never been about just freeing the plant. I recognized really early the intersectionality of this issue, the way that we could use this fight to uplift other fights, other voices, and not just significant criminal justice reform, access to health care, as you all drive on those conversations. But also making sure that we're creating opportunity in a new way, that we're prioritizing; repairing harm, harm that's been done even by the state's own policies." 7. Close of store employee handing money to a customer 8. Close of cannabis for sale ANNOTATION: Gov. Kathy Hochul called the first legal sale of adult-use cannabis "a historic milestone in New York's cannabis industry." STORYLINE: The first legal dispensary for recreational marijuana in New York rung up its first sales on Thursday, opening up what is expected to be one of the country's most lucrative markets for cannabis - underscored by the dozens of unauthorized shops that have operated in the open for years. The widely anticipated opening of the first state-sanctioned dispensary, which is operated by the nonprofit Housing Works, paves the way for a string of openings expected in the coming months in New York. The state legalized recreational marijuana use in March 2021. "We're absolutely thrilled to be the first and hopefully setting a model that other folks will have to follow," said Charles King, the chief executive officer of Housing Works, a minority-controlled social-service agency that serves people with HIV and AIDS, as well as those who are homeless and formerly incarcerated. The lower Manhattan store is the first of 36 recently licensed dispensaries to open, with an additional 139 licenses yet to be issued by the state Office of Cannabis Management and 900 applicants still awaiting word. "We intend to use the proceeds, from hopefully what will not just be one retail outlet but more than one, to ameliorate circumstances for other people who have been incarcerated due to possession and sale of drugs, as well as taking on overall the war on drugs," King said Thursday at a news conference. Facing a cluster of cameras, Chris Alexander, the inaugural executive director of the state cannabis office, made the first purchase: watermelon-flavored gummies and a tin of marijuana flowers. Clients are reminded: Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter:   / ap_archive   Facebook:   / aparchives   ​​ Instagram:   / apnews   You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/you...