Memo to the 30 or so states that have yet to legalize recreational marijuana: if you want to know the worst possible way to do it, take a trip to Times Square and take a deep breath.

Manhattan is literally reeking of weed these days, a stench so powerful that it actually conceals the smell of the garbage bags piled up on city sidewalks on hot summer mornings before the trucks roll through to cart them away.

Yes, the city knows there's a problem and they're moving decisively to rectify it: NYC is considering a new law that will require the denizens of the Big Apple to compost all of their food waste instead of dumping it in the garbage.

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