A truck full of cannabis and other illegal drugs was pulled over on the Long Island Expressway in Maspeth, Queens on Wednesday.
The THC beverage industry is expected to be a $4 billion industry by 2028.
Approximately a dozen students -- ages 13 and 14 -- got sick after taking the gummies.
Just across a bustling Union Turnpike in bordering New Hyde Park under the town of North Hempstead, cannabis shops are not allowed.
The legalization of cannabis in New York in 2021 removed legal prohibitions and opened doors to legitimate dispensaries and marijuana farms.