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Oh the woes of William Wu.

Wu, who recently moved his herbal medicine shop off of Canal Street and onto a smaller side street in Chinatown, is struggling to make rent, according to the New York Daily News. He’s now open six days a week instead of seven, has let go two part-time workers, and manages the whole shop himself. But with wholesale herb prices on the rise, and the recession taking its toll on consumers’ willingness to spend, Wu is in trouble. Big trouble.

This is one of those news stories with a solution so painfully obvious I want to call Wu up right now. “Hey Willy,” I would say, “I saw your story in the newspaper today and well … you should really sell weed.” Read More ›