“The other day we had a group of elderly women dressed all fancy, coming up from Manhattan,” said Brandon Pollock, CEO of the Theory Wellness store in Great Barrington, the closest dispensary to New York City.

“I’d say we get dozens, if not hundreds, a day from the greater New York City area,’’ he said. “We get people coming up in Zipcars, people carpooling, people who say they hardly ever drive at all — but will drive to purchase cannabis.”