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Home 🌿 Recreational Marijuana News 🌿 Nation's First Hemp Bar Shut Down By New York City Regulators 🌿Nation's First Hemp Bar Shut Down By New York City Regulators
In late September, America got its very first hemp bar, when an establishment called Brooklyn’s Dark Hemp Bar opened in New York City. But not even a month passed before it closed, thanks to demands imposed by regulators from the city’s health department. One possible reason may be that hemp–which can now be legally grown in New York state–is still wrongly perceived as a mind-altering drug, and may have been targeted by the city. But the reason given was mindlessly technical: the bar didn’t have enough sinks.
As first reported Monday morning by evgrieve.com, an East Village real estate blog, the store has closed after announcing its conflicts with the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene. The bar was opened by Lev Kelman, an immigrant from Uzbekistan who sells a line of health-oriented chocolates that contain small hemp levels. His products are sold at several dozen mom-and-pop stores across the city, and online...
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