<div class="at-above-post addthis tool" data-url="http://www.metro.us/war-on-drugs-locked-him-up-now-hes-a-cannabis-entrepreneur/"></div>NEW YORK (AP) When the war on marijuana came sweeping through his New York City housing project decades ago, Roland Conner found himself going in and out of jail. It’s a time he’d rather not talk about. Now, at age 50, he has opened the state’s first legal cannabis dispensary to be run by […]<! AddThis Advanced Settings above via filter on get the excerpt ><! AddThis Advanced Settings below via filter on get the excerpt ><! AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on get the excerpt ><! AddThis Share Buttons above via filter on get the excerpt ><! AddThis Share Buttons below via filter on get the excerpt ><div class="at-below-post addthis tool" data-url="http://www.metro.us/war-on-drugs-locked-him-up-now-hes-a-cannabis-entrepreneur/&quo
Roland Conner's shop in Greenwich Village, called “Smacked," opened to the public Tuesday with the state's support. It is New York's second legal place to buy.
Under New York law, a marijuana charge against you or a relative is a qualification for a license to sell legal pot. So Roland Conner is selling weed legally, in a business started with his son, Darius, 25. Theirs is the first licensed marijuana dispensary in New York operated by a person with a cannabis conviction.