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CBD Kratom had its soft-opening at 2039 Broadway, between 70th and 71st streets, on Friday, December 3. The previous occupant of this space was Paris Baguette. An official grand opening is scheduled for Friday, December 10.
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Photo: Bobby Panza
CBD Kratom is the largest privately owned cannabis and kratom retail chain in the United States, and this is its fifth NYC location. They’ve secured other spaces this year in Chelsea, on the Upper East Side, in Midtown and Flatiron.
Photo: Bobby Panza
Photo: Bobby Panza
The new location is just a couple storefronts away from Lincoln Convenience, another CBD-selling store which opened earlier this year at 2047 Broadway.
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According to WebMD, Kratom comes from the leaves of trees which grow naturally in southeast Asia, and was originally used as medicine but is now being used recreationally. Studies appear to be limited, but doctors have issued warnings about its side effects and its potential to be addictive. “In 2016, the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) proposed banning kratom at the federal level, but they dropped that proposal to give scientists more time to study it.” WebMD also states that “It has different effects at different doses. In low doses, it’s a stimulant that makes you feel more energetic. At high doses, it can make you sleepy or put you in a dreamlike state.” WebMD goes on to say “The FDA says there are no FDA-approved uses for kratom and that it has serious concerns about it.”
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CBD Kratom is on an expansion path, with plans to open stores in Soho, the Financial District, and on the Upper East Side next year.
According to a press release, “The company offers more than 600 cannabis products including CBD, THC-O, CBG, other cannabinoids, and more than 50 strains of pure kratom, and kratom speciality products.”
In discussing CBD Kratom’s newest UWS location, Director of Retail Growth and Development Ocean Cohen said “The neighborhood has a relaxed vibe and customers will find the same welcoming atmosphere inside our store.”
Upper West Siders … is that accurate?
I’d rather have good food and really good French red wine.
But they have 600 cannibas products that aren’t actually marijuana. And you can buy kratom by the kilo. Lol.
Who cares about that. There was a truck on broadway near 96th last night selling honest to goodness marijuana. All lit up with colorful signs and everything. Cops didn’t care. They had a crowd too. Lots of people checking it out.
Those trucks do not sell cannabis. They sell derivative (legal) plant matter and market themselves as cannabis retailers. It’s pretty much a scam/tourist trap.
Uh, no. I know what you’re talking about and this was not that. This was the real deal. It wouldn’t be the first time either, there was a story in the Daily News about a similar thing uptown a few weeks ago:
https://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/ny-uncle-budd-manhattan-harlem-marijuana-truck-20211107-l5yp42uhxbcxron2dyut4cg22q-story.html
People aren’t waiting for their seller’s licenses, they’re setting up shop already on the street and the police aren’t bothering them.
Just what the neighborhood needs, more stoned out zombies. I hope they don’t sell to minors at least.
This is great news. Keep these stores coming!
Disgusting. I can no longer walk down the street in my beloved neighborhood without getting sick from the smell of marijuana.
This is so very sad and pathetic.
Absolutely disgusting that adults and children should have to breathe that garbage in. There should be strictt laws about smoking pot in the streets. If people want to get doped up, smell badly and lose their I w points, that’s fine. Just do it in private
I q points
Nope. You are citing old, discredited reports. The most recent studies show no correlation between marijuana use and IQ scores at any age level. In particular, “twin” studies (which are some of the most accurate), show no correlation. From a 2020 report:
“Two such researchers are Nicholas Jackson of the University of Southern California and William Iacono of the University of Minnesota, who worked with their colleagues to examine data from two longitudinal studies of adolescent twins in California and Minnesota. The researchers measured the twins’ intelligence between nine and 12 years of age, before any drug use, and did so again between ages 17 and 20…[M]arijuana use and IQ were completely uncorrelated…Subsequent twin studies, including one performed with U.K. data by the Dunedin team, corroborated these findings of no relationship between marijuana use and a falling IQ.”
I smoked marijuana for 21 years (ages 13 through 34). My IQ is high enough that I was invited into Mensa when I was 18. (I declined to join.) And many of those I know who are in Mensa were or are regular pot-smokers. So let’s put that debunked claim to rest, shall we?
I prefer my local dealer and he delivers that good purple skunk shit.
You know you’re old when you wish the bakery was still there instead of the dispensary.
I thought cannabis couldn’t be sold within 500 feet of a school. Seems like it is too close to PS199 per google maps. Is that rule not relevent?
Also prohibits marketing and signage for cannabis. Even if they aren’t selling it yet, they are advertised.
The specific prohibitions covered by “within five hundred feet of a school grounds” are:
1. Adult-use retail dispensary
2. Adult-use on-site consumption lounge
3. Adult-use cannabis advertising and marketing
CBD falls under “cannabinoid hemp and hemp extracts” which does not have such a restriction.
According to studies by NIH, Mayo Clinic, Johns Hopkins, and Harvard Health (among others), kratom has some very bad side effects, including hearty arrhythmia, bradycardia and heart attacks. Use with extreme caution.
I personally don’t care if people smoke pot, but please smoke indoors. Pot can be inhaled by children and adults in the streets. I know that people consume alcohol at outdoor restaurants, but you can’t breathe that in. It’s not permeating in the air.
Believe me, the amount of cigarette and vape smoke you and others breath in every day is FAR greater and FAR worse than the marijuana smoke. Maybe focus your attention on the thing that is actually more harmful?
The UWS has a “relaxed vibe?” That’s a laugh.
I suppose it depends on who you are and how you look at it. I have always felt that the UWS does have a relaxed vibe. And I have lived here for over 55 years.
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