Take This Short Survey to Help Shape Marijuana Policy in New York | Mary Kruger
How much cannabis do you consume? How much do you pay for your cannabis? How much extra would you pay for cannabis delivery? How often do you share your cannabis with friends? New York State plans to legalize cannabis for adult-use with the 2019 Budget in April. The time is NOW to make your voice […]
Take This Short Survey to Help Shape Marijuana Policy in New York | The Daily Chronic
New York Governor to Support Marijuana Legalization Bill in 2019 | NORML
ALBANY, NY — A spokesperson for Gov. Andrew Cuomo says that creating a framework for legalizing adult marijuana use is among the administration’s 2019 legislative priorities. “The goal of this administration is to create a model program for regulated adult-use marijuana – and we determined the best way to do that was to ensure our […]
New York Governor to Support Marijuana Legalization Bill in 2019 | The Daily Chronic
New York: Brooklyn DA to Vacate Thousands of Past Marijuana Convictions | Paul Armentano
BROOKLYN, NY — Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez at a press conference today announced his intent to vacate over ten thousand low-level marijuana convictions. Though state lawmakers decriminalized minor marijuana possession offenses in 1977, possessing small amounts of cannabis “in public view” remains a criminal misdemeanor. City police have made several hundred thousand arrests since the late 1990s for violation of the […]
New York: Brooklyn DA to Vacate Thousands of Past Marijuana Convictions | The Daily Chronic
Why Does the New York State Department of Health Want to Legalize Weed? | Phillip Smith
Acknowledging that his previous opposition to marijuana legalization was being undercut by popular opinion and the spread of legalization in nearby states such as Maine, Massachusetts, and Vermont, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D) in January called for an assessment of the possible impact of legalizing the herb in the state. The state Health Department […]
Why Does the New York State Department of Health Want to Legalize Weed? | The Daily Chronic
New York State-Commissioned Study Calls for Legalizing Adult Marijuana Use | NORML
A state-commissioned study released Thursday by the New York Department of Health recommends replacing cannabis criminalization with a policy of adult use legalization. The 74-page study, entitled “Assessment of the Potential Impact of Regulated Marijuana in New York State,” acknowledges the following: “Regulating marijuana can reduce opioid use;” “Regulating marijuana may lead to a reduction in the […]
New York State-Commissioned Study Calls for Legalizing Adult Marijuana Use | The Daily Chronic
New York Lawmakers Hold Public Hearing on Legalizing Marijuana for Adult Use | Drug Policy Alliance
NEW YORK, NY — On January 11, 2018, the New York State Assembly Standing Committees on Codes, Health, and Alcohol and Drug Abuse will convene a public hearing to discuss the Marijuana Regulation and Taxation Act (MRTA, S.3040A/A.3506A), a bill that would legalize the production, distribution, and use of marijuana for adults over the age of 21. […]
New York Lawmakers Hold Public Hearing on Legalizing Marijuana for Adult Use | The Daily Chronic
How Bigoted Pennsylvania Drug Warriors Turned This New York Man’s Life into a Living Hell | Phillip Smith
In June, 2014, Wilfredo Ramos was driving back to his Brooklyn home after visiting his mother in Lancaster, Pennsylvania when two Pennsylvania State Police troopers detoured him into a Kafkaesque nightmare from which he emerged only five months later. In the meantime, Ramos rotted in jail on bogus charges, losing his job, his car, and […]
How Bigoted Pennsylvania Drug Warriors Turned This New York Man’s Life into a Living Hell | The Daily Chronic
New Poll Shows 2 to 1 Support for Legal Marijuana Use in New York State | Drug Policy Alliance
NEW YORK — A new poll shows that 62% of New York voters support making marijuana use legal for adults 21 and older, with only 28% opposed. The poll, conducted by Emerson College and commissioned by the Marijuana Policy Project Foundation and the Drug Policy Alliance, was conducted from Nov. 16-18 and surveyed 600 registered voters from […]
New Poll Shows 2 to 1 Support for Legal Marijuana Use in New York State | The Daily Chronic
New York Finally Adds PTSD as Qualifying Condition for Medical Marijuana | TJ Baker
ALBANY, NY — On Veterans Day, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo signed a bill into law that will finally allow patients with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) to access medical marijuana in New York. The bill (A.7006/S.5629), which was passed by the legislature earlier this year, adds post-traumatic stress disorder as a qualifying condition for New York’s medical […]
New York Finally Adds PTSD as Qualifying Condition for Medical Marijuana | The Daily Chronic
New York Legislature Approves Medical Marijuana for PTSD | Marijuana Policy Project
The bipartisan proposal is headed to the governor’s desk after passing 50-13 in the Senate on Tuesday; it received overwhelming approval in the Assembly last month ALBANY, NY — A bipartisan proposal to add post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) as a qualifying condition for New York’s medical marijuana program has received final approval from state lawmakers […]
New York Legislature Approves Medical Marijuana for PTSD | The Daily Chronic