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Once Again, Newark Is Named The Worst City In The US To Get Stoned

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It’s dwelling to the most important assortment of cherry blossom bushes and a hotspot for insurance coverage firms — however one factor Newark, New Jersey, isn’t is a weed lover’s paradise.

The Gateway Metropolis as soon as once more ranked lifeless final in an annual rating of the very best cities for marijuana lovers, falling beneath Bridgeport, Connecticut, and Joliet, Illinois, in accordance with Lawnstarter, a garden care startup that is aware of a factor or two about weeds, in observance of 4/20, the universally acknowledged marijuana vacation that falls on April 20.

The checklist, which ranks cities primarily based on their hospitality to marijuana customers primarily based on components together with entry to authorized pot, shopper satisfaction, comfort, lounging, leisure and munchie aid, chosen San Francisco because the end-all be-all for pot-smokers.

Three out of the highest 5 cities on the checklist hailed from California and all 5 had been out west, with San Francisco adopted by Los Angeles, Denver, Santa Ana and Las Vegas.

“California is the undisputed mover and shaker of the leisure pot scene,” Lawnstarter wrote in its report.  Though pot pioneers Colorado and Washington state had a four-year head begin on California, six of our prime 10 cities — plus one other seven in our prime 20 — are all within the Golden State. Many early adopters, significantly in Colorado and Oregon, additionally retain the higher hand in our 2023 rating.”

San Francisco took the highest spot for the second 12 months in a row, scoring a 59.77 out of 100. The report notes that San Francisco leads the nation in weed consumption lounges, whereas Los Angeles boasts its personal “bud and breakfast” that provides company with limitless weed. Las Vegas, which ranked fifth, counts its personal magic present that caters to stoners — Smokus Pocus — which invitations viewers members to “arrive baked” and “go away bewildered.”

Denver, which ranked third, is dwelling to Colorado Hashish Excursions, which takes weed fanatics on a 420-friendly occasion bus tour of dispensaries and rising amenities. Santa Ana, in the meantime earned the third highest buyer satisfaction rating out of any metropolis for its excessive rated dispensaries.

Newark, the place below New Jersey state regulation as much as one ounce of dry marijuana, 5 grams of concentrates, resins and oils, and as much as one gram of edible hashish will be bought legally by shoppers 21 years of age or older, acquired an total rating of 1.825 from Lawnstarter because of low rankings throughout the board in comfort, shopper satisfaction, lounging and leisure classes. By comparability, San Francisco drew a rating of 59.774.

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