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Workers operate a bucker, a machine that strips leaves and flowers from the stem, in a rented greenhouse belonging to cannabis farmer Marcos Ribeiro, 40, at East End Flower Farm in Mattituck, New York, on November 16, 2023. In the two years since recreational cannabis consumption was legalized in New York, the official market which appeared set to boom has been beset by problems. With more than 200 other growing sites listed in the state, but only 23 stores licensed to sell marijuana in the sprawling region of 20 million people. According to The Cannabis Farmers Alliance, losses could amount to several million dollars in the worst cases. (Photo by Cecilia SANCHEZ / AFP) (Photo by CECILIA SANCHEZ/AFP via Getty Images)