Tag: new york
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Inside New York’s struggling weed real estate experiment
Sunday, 05 February 2023
Roland Conner never imagined that getting arrested for marijuana in the ‘90s would lead to where he is now: the owner of a new cannabis dispensary in the heart of Greenwich Village. The blocks surrou ...
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New Yorker jailed during ‘war on drugs’ becomes cannabis pioneer
Thursday, 26 January 2023
As a New York City teenager, 50-year old Roland Conner found himself harshly punished for minor offenses related to marijuana. A 1991 arrest resulted in a months-long incarceration, as America’s flaw ...
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Now you can legally buy recreational cannabis in New York
Thursday, 29 December 2022
Kenneth Woodin, a stay-at-home dad, was first in line at the cannabis dispensary in Greenwich Village in Manhattan. He said he wanted to be a part of history after having been arrested on a weed char ...
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Marijuana law reached peak absurdity in 2022
Saturday, 24 December 2022
Banning a plant with hundreds of industrial and medical uses was never going to work out well, but 2022 saw marijuana prohibition reach peak absurdity, not to mention peak confusion for consumers and ...
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New York has $750m worth of cannabis stockpiled that growers can’t sell
Saturday, 19 November 2022
A strong smell of weed hangs over many New York neighbourhoods, the result in part of cannabis decriminalization in 2019 – but cannabis growers in the state are at an impasse when it comes to getting ...
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In defense of the plug: Buying illicit cannabis may be “better” than legal weed, research shows
Saturday, 30 April 2022
Excoriated by some policymakers and by the legal cannabis industry as an unfair competitor and as a demonstration that legalization isn’t working, the illicit market remains popular with consumers fo ...
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Which towns and cities in New York will ban cannabis sales?
Tuesday, 14 December 2021
Local governments in New York State are debating whether or not to ban recreational cannabis sales. They can either “opt in” or “opt out,” but they have to choose. Fast approaching is a December 31 d ...
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Supervised injection sites for drug users to open in New York City
Tuesday, 30 November 2021
In an attempt to curb a surge in overdose deaths caused by increasingly potent street drugs, New York City will authorize two supervised injection sites in Manhattan to begin operating. Trained staff ...
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New York legalizing weed could mean big things for the future of the cannabis industry
Thursday, 01 April 2021
New York became the latest state to legalize recreational cannabis, and is poised to become one of the nation's largest markets. The multibillion-dollar business opportunity would be lucrative for ca ...
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New York is latest state to legalize recreational marijuana
Wednesday, 31 March 2021
New Yorkers over the age of 21 can now possess and use up to 3 ounces of cannabis in public under a legalization bill signed by Gov. Andrew Cuomo, while sales of recreational-use marijuana won’t beco ...
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New York reaches a deal to legalize recreational marijuana
Thursday, 25 March 2021
State lawmakers finalized a deal to legalize recreational marijuana in New York, paving the way for a potential $4.2 billion industry that could create tens of thousands of jobs and become one of the ...
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Why New York legalizing recreational cannabis won’t kill the illicit market
Friday, 19 March 2021
As New York prepares to legalize adult-use cannabis, whether the illicit market will thrive or die seems like an important question. The best place to look to see how legalization affected the illici ...
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New Yorkers want marijuana legalization with home grow and deliveries, poll finds as negotiations proceed
Wednesday, 17 March 2021
A majority of New Yorkers want marijuana to be legalized for adult use, according to a new poll—and they further favor allowing for home delivery, cultivation for personal use and letting retail and ...
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Cuomo vows New York 'will legalize adult-use recreational cannabis'
Monday, 11 January 2021
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D) vowed that his state will legalize recreational cannabis as he begins ramping up efforts in the new year to green-light legislation to legalize it. “We will legalize ad ...
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Lavish parties, greedy pols and panic rooms: How the ‘Apple of Pot’ collapsed
Sunday, 24 May 2020
MedMen looked to become the Apple of pot, the first mainstream, nationwide consumer brand for the product that drove so many Americans to ingest and invest. Marijuana liberalization was sweeping the ...
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Amid the crisis, marijuana legalization in New York will have to wait again
Friday, 03 April 2020
During New York’s worst health crisis in a lifetime, a deadline came up to put forth a provision to legalize adult-use marijuana. With other concerns to address, lawmakers are passing on legalization ...
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Pot politics: Some Northeast states regroup on legalization
Monday, 13 January 2020
A year ago, marijuana legalization looked like it was on a roll in the Northeast — it had already passed in three of the region’s states and was a priority for governors in three more, including the ...
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New York could legalise cannabis this year, governor says
Thursday, 09 January 2020
Governor Andrew Cuomo pledged for the second year in a row to legalise recreational cannabis in New York, prioritizing a push that fell apart last year amid tensions over who should be allowed to sel ...
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New York governor signs bill decriminalizing marijuana use
Monday, 29 July 2019
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D) signed a bill decriminalizing the use of marijuana in the state and expunge the records of some people convicted on cannabis-related charges. "Communities of color have ...
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Final push to legalize pot fails in New York
Wednesday, 19 June 2019
New York’s plan to legalize marijuana this year collapsed, dashing hopes for a potential billion-dollar industry that supporters said would create jobs in minority communities and end decades of raci ...
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Want to grow your own cannabis? Get ready to fight ‘Big Marijuana’
Wednesday, 19 June 2019
Illinois is about to make history as the first state to legalize recreational cannabis and allow commercial sales through the state legislature instead of via a voter initiative. But this historic pi ...
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4/21 organizers want to reclaim cannabis from corporations
Thursday, 18 April 2019
On 4/20, cannabis consumers across the United States will light one up in celebration of cannabis culture. In 10 states and counting, that celebration is perfectly legal. But as the annual ritual tra ...
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'Legalize marijuana without corporatized marijuana,' says New York mayor Bill de Blasio
Sunday, 03 February 2019
New York Mayor Bill de Blasio supports Governor Andrew Cuomo's pledge to legalize recreational marijuana, but he doesn't want the the market to be overrun by big corporations when cannabis prohibitio ...
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Cuomo to push legalizing recreational marijuana in New York by early 2019
Monday, 17 December 2018
Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo announced that he would push to legalize recreational marijuana next year, a move that could bring in more than $1.3 billion in revenue annually and put New York in line with sev ...
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Cities defiant after Justice Department’s threat on ‘supervised injection sites’
Tuesday, 04 September 2018
Cities seeking to open sites where illegal drug users are monitored to prevent overdoses responded defiantly to a Justice Department threat to take “swift and aggressive action” against that approach ...
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Cuomo administration report backs marijuana legalization in New York
Friday, 13 July 2018
The administration of New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D) released a state Health Department report that says the "positive effects" of legalization "outweigh the potential negative impacts." "Numerous NY ...
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New York moves toward legal marijuana with Health Dept. endorsement
Monday, 18 June 2018
New York moved a significant step closer to legalizing recreational marijuana, as a study commissioned by Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo will recommend that the state allow adults to consume marijuana legally, ...
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Let cities open safe injection sites
Saturday, 24 February 2018
One of the most consistent patterns in the more than 64,000 deaths attributed to opioid and other drug overdoses in 2016 was that the victims’ last moments went unobserved. Last year, the number of d ...
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To cut drug deaths, city considers sanctioned places to shoot up
Friday, 09 February 2018
In 2016, the opioid epidemic claimed 1,374 lives in New York City. That’s roughly four drug overdose deaths each day. One death every seven hours. New York City officials are floating an idea that so ...
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New York to look at legalizing recreational marijuana
Thursday, 18 January 2018
New York will study whether it's plausible to legalize marijuana for recreational use as neighboring states move ahead with it, Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced. Cuomo called on lawmakers to approve fundi ...
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Marijuana may mean ticket, not arrest, in New York City
Saturday, 08 November 2014
The New York Police Department, which has been arresting tens of thousands of people a year for low-level marijuana possession, is to stop making such arrests and to issue tickets instead. People fou ...
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New York City plans to stop booking, arraigning many low-level marijuana suspects
Thursday, 14 February 2013
Many people arrested on low-level marijuana-possession charges in the nation’s largest city will no longer be booked and held hours for arraignment, Mayor Michael Bloomberg said. Starting next month, ...
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New York to decriminalize marijuana?
Tuesday, 05 June 2012
New York governor Andrew Cuomo has proposed decriminalizing the possession of small amounts of marijuana in the state and he’s got the support of New York City’s police commissioner and mayor, plus a ...
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