New York City's full-on weed legalization stinks

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

47% : Legalization of marijuana shouldn't have meant saturation.
43% : Other states like Colorado and California have legalized marijuana but not public consumption.
42% : Instead, it took things a giant step further and legalized marijuana altogether.
42% : No one would have had a problem if marijuana became decriminalized for use in your own home or places where you really wouldn't be affecting large swaths of the public.
40% : Along with legalizing marijuana, New York is looking the other way at the 1,500+ illegal smoke shops that have sprouted everywhere.
35% : Who needs a beanbag or Marley poster?Families who live upstairs from scaffolding have told me their children's rooms constantly smell like marijuana.

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