Experts and public health advocates are voicing concerns about the rise in flavored cannabis products that appear to be marketed toward teenagers and young adults.
The concerns come as New York, which legalized recreational marijuana—also known as cannabis—in March 2021, has opened more legal outlets for the recreational use of the psychoactive drug in recent months.
Its first legal recreational marijuana dispensary opened in Manhattan in December. Dozens more dispensaries are expected to open in the coming months.
However, health experts fear that flavored cannabis products, like the ones being offered in the Manhattan dispensary—including flavors like “peach dream,” “mad mango,” and “cereal milk”—may be enticing teenagers and young adults to purchase them….