The cost of legal weed is already high in the Empire State, with distributors paying a 9% fee when selling to a retailer, and merchants collecting a combined 13% tax — 9% to the state, plus 4% for local governments — on the sale to customers.

It’s a bad trip!
Licensed marijuana merchants are urging Gov. Kathy Hochul to slap down legislation that would create a state cannabis industry wage board, calling it a Big Labor power play that wou…