legal weed

Housing Works Cannabis Co. welcomed some 500 legal cannabis customers Thursday, while the city snatched up the unauthorized weed of unlicensed shops.

The first store to open is in the East Village and run by the nonprofit Housing Works.

Housing Works Cannabis Co. gets the ball rolling, becoming the first licensed, recreational-use marijuana store in New York City.

The annual Cannabis Parade was part protest, part celebration.

In an interview airing tonight the President told Barbara Walters that the federal government has "got bigger fish to fry" than to bother busting non-medical cannabis consumers in Colorado and Washington.

The big numbers on the opposition side of the legal weed debate come from people over 65 years, who oppose legalization 56 percent to 37 percent.