AGENCY TESTIMONY
Illegal shops targeting children and selling harmful products
0:14:07
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30 sec
Sheriff Miranda highlights the dangers posed by illegal smoke shops targeting children and selling potentially harmful products.
- Shops sell cannabis in packaging resembling snacks, candy, or featuring cartoon characters
- Emphasis on protecting young New Yorkers from these harmful products
- Lack of quality control regulations on unlicensed products
- Potential presence of harmful chemicals, toxins, or trace amounts of other illegal substances
Anthony Miranda
0:14:07
The illegal smoke shops sell cannabis and packages displaying popular cartoon characters or packages resembling snacks and candy, which are examples here in front of you now.
0:14:18
It is imperative that we do everything we can to protect young New Yorkers, and remove harmful products from the streets.
0:14:27
There are no quality control regulations on the unlicensed product seats during our inspections, and they can't include any number of harmful chemicals, toxins, trace amounts of other illegal substances.
