Walk down Marshall Street today and you can’t miss DAZED. The sleek cannabis dispensary sits among student staples, lunch spots, late-night cookie runs, and bodegas. Since its April launch, DAZED has become both a curiosity and a point of tension for the businesses around it.
Many of the businesses spoke anonymously to the NewsHouse due to fears of resentment.
“It brings more people who aren’t usually local,” said the owner of a small Marshall Street restaurant. “But they’re not necessarily the people we want on the street.”…