A cannabis crackdown on Long Island is targeting store owners accused of illegally selling THC gummies to children.
Police say it's the markup. They can spend $5 on THC gummies and then sell them to teenagers for $30 dollars. And the price for some THC vape pens are $70.
While New York City takes the approach that it's now safest to regulate through licensing, Long Island seems to be moving in a different direction -- regulating though law enforcement. This comes as troubling numbers have emerged on a national level, regarding children under six who have consumed cannabis edibles, which often resemble candy.
According to U.S. Poison Control, the number has risen from 207 to more than 3,000. That's a 14-fold increase in just four years. "We have had overdoses as low as 14, 15 and 16 year olds, that intentionally ate a gummy, and when you chew that gummy with the THC in it, it doesn't go in right away, so you think it didn't do nothing, you pop a couple more, and then it catches up very fast," Ryder said.Meanwhile, a smoke shop on Hempstead Turnpike was smacked with seven violations from the town of Hempstead and was padlocked on Thursday.
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