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New Yorkers excited about the recent openings of the city’s first legal weed dispensaries haven’t failed to notice they’re all located in downtown Manhattan, and it looks like Queens may be next — which has Bronxites wondering when they're getting legal dispensaries of their own.

Three old college friends are preparing to apply for a New York state license to sell recreational marijuana in the Bronx: A former flight attendant and dental hygienist who is now a doctor of Chinese medicine; a successful businessman, and a man who spent years in prison on charges of selling marijuana. They plan to market their dispensary as a grass-roots, community-oriented business.