New York legalized cannabis for all adults above the age of 21 on 31st March, 2021 to become the 17th US state to do so. Well, New Jersey did it..New York suddenly stuck out like a sore thumb with its neighbor now a legal recreational cannabis state. And like the blood flowing away from the sore spot, it was likely that New Yorkers were going to flow into New Jersey until New York made the inevitable change. Ironically, it is claimed that issues of tax rates for legal cannabis was what was holding the legalization back as the state government could not arrive at what the rates should be for optimum revenue. While the government dithered, the revenue threatened to flow into New Jersey instead.
For a long time, New York had the dubious distinction of being a chronic procrastinator along with neighboring New Jersey, when it came to legalizing recreational cannabis. When Governor Andrew Cuomo took over, he stated in his inaugural address that he saw the history books being rewritten with New York as the leader in recreational cannabis legalization. At least 35 US states have legalized cannabis for
medical use so far. The federal US government however continues to keep cannabis in the Schedule 1 list of banned substances saying that it has no medicinal value. The list of US states that have legalized adult recreational cannabis is available here. All these states have legalized cannabis for adult recreational use, aimed specifically at improving public health, ensuring equity, reducing crime, decreasing the black market, improving law enforcement, reforming criminal justice, improving the economy, agriculture and industry, to name just a few reasons. The April Budget of 2019 was seen as a chance to legalize but many state lawmakers felt that adult recreational use legalization should be treated as a stand alone piece of legislation with sufficient time spent on deliberation. Cuomo tried to get the legalization through in 2020 but failed.
It was not that there was insufficient evidence of benefits from cannabis legalization. Manhattan's DA, after studying legal states for 6 months said that there was no need to fear legalization. Gov Andrew Cuomo believed it would create a $1.7 billion market with significant business opportunities and curtail the thriving black market. New Jersey has a market in the range of $1 billion. Mayor of New York City Bill De Blasio was also in favor, with probably a broader view, emphasizing equity. A study by New York City Controller Scott Stringer’s office found that the state could reap as much as $436 million annually in new tax revenue from legal cannabis sales and that New York city itself could garner as much as $335 million. Some estimates say that the figures could be $750 million in tax revenue from annual cannabis sales. A six-month study was released with a finding that the positives of recreational legalization outweigh the negatives. The report, titled “Assessment of the Potential Impact of Regulated Marijuana in New York State,” was commissioned by Cuomo in January to assess the potential public safety and public health impacts along with tax revenue benefits in its assessment. 15 listening sessions with the public were organized last year to get their thoughts on the subject. Entities like the MTA, NYCHA and Health and Hospital all want a share of the cannabis revenue pie when it is legalized for adult recreational use.
So what was it that was really holding back adult recreational use legalization as New York got surrounded by states that had legalized? Cuomo and his team seemed to be overly concerned about the revenue aspect of cannabis legalization and how much to tax it. He apparently worried that cannabis may be cheaper in New York than neighboring New Jersey and Massachusetts, resulting in loss of business. The governor and his team's obsession with maximizing revenue could have been a factor delaying legalization.
It was not that there was insufficient evidence of benefits from cannabis legalization. Manhattan's DA, after studying legal states for 6 months said that there was no need to fear legalization. Gov Andrew Cuomo believed it would create a $1.7 billion market with significant business opportunities and curtail the thriving black market. New Jersey has a market in the range of $1 billion. Mayor of New York City Bill De Blasio was also in favor, with probably a broader view, emphasizing equity. A study by New York City Controller Scott Stringer’s office found that the state could reap as much as $436 million annually in new tax revenue from legal cannabis sales and that New York city itself could garner as much as $335 million. Some estimates say that the figures could be $750 million in tax revenue from annual cannabis sales. A six-month study was released with a finding that the positives of recreational legalization outweigh the negatives. The report, titled “Assessment of the Potential Impact of Regulated Marijuana in New York State,” was commissioned by Cuomo in January to assess the potential public safety and public health impacts along with tax revenue benefits in its assessment. 15 listening sessions with the public were organized last year to get their thoughts on the subject. Entities like the MTA, NYCHA and Health and Hospital all want a share of the cannabis revenue pie when it is legalized for adult recreational use.
So what was it that was really holding back adult recreational use legalization as New York got surrounded by states that had legalized? Cuomo and his team seemed to be overly concerned about the revenue aspect of cannabis legalization and how much to tax it. He apparently worried that cannabis may be cheaper in New York than neighboring New Jersey and Massachusetts, resulting in loss of business. The governor and his team's obsession with maximizing revenue could have been a factor delaying legalization.
Another very significant factor could be have been that the medical cannabis industry, legalized earlier, perceived recreational cannabis as a threat, a situation similar to how it was in New Jersey. The medical cannabis industry has openly expressed fears about recreational use legalization consuming it. There are proposals from the medical cannabis industry for massive minority contracting and hiring to win lawmakers over to safeguarding their existing businesses. Some bills have however been tabled to further medical cannabis such as for laws to be modified allowing smokable cannabis as well as administration of cannabis by caregivers to qualifying students in schools as is now allowed in California. Acute pain management was recently added to the list of qualifying conditions to negate opioid abuse.
The legal medical cannabis industry is not the only major opponent to recreational use. The medical industry in general with its leaning towards Western medicine and the threat posed by cannabis on its long established legal and illegal pharmaceutical drug empire surely has had a role to play in the delay in recreational legalization. Thomas Madejski, president of New York Medical Society opposed legalization along with John Poole of the New Jersey Medical Society, Claudi Gruss of the Connecticut Medical Society and Andrew Dahlke of the Delaware Medical Society citing fears of Big Marijuana replicating Big Tobacco. From the writings of William S Burroughs in his 1955 book Junk, it is evident that the medical industry has long benefited from the illegal nature of cannabis and the need for New York's population to feed its synthetic drug habit as does law enforcement..
Some of the statements made by sections of New York's elite reflect the social chasm that exists between the lovers of synthetic drugs and the lovers of the herb. A statement by US Attorney Kennedy reads as follows - "How can it be sound public policy to legalize recreational marijuana when it very well may make us dumber, poorer and less social and, when, in the end, we really do not know what it is going to do to people?" This reflects the thinking of a number of New Yorkers who remain ignorant or careless to the ground realities.
Meanwhile the black market for recreational cannabis thrives with significant numbers of people using the herb recreationally and accessing it through the black market. "We're spending a lot of money right now on the black market and none of it is going back into the community," says Mary Kruger, president of Rochester NORML. As many as 70% of large employers utilize pre-employment drug screenings, encompassing as many as 40% of jobs, according to Vox reporting last year. Cannabis accounts for about half of positive drug tests at the workplace resulting in dismissal and barriers to further progress in an individual's career. Bills are being looked at to restrict workplace testing to only hazardous jobs and to ones in which impairment is a serious issue. The war on minority communities continues and the public still have no safer alternatives to dangerous drugs like heroin, methamphetamine, synthetic cannabinoids and non-prescription use of pharmaceutical drugs including opioids. New York city recently took action on CBD in food banning restaurants and retail outlets from including CBD in their edibles and food.
Meanwhile the black market for recreational cannabis thrives with significant numbers of people using the herb recreationally and accessing it through the black market. "We're spending a lot of money right now on the black market and none of it is going back into the community," says Mary Kruger, president of Rochester NORML. As many as 70% of large employers utilize pre-employment drug screenings, encompassing as many as 40% of jobs, according to Vox reporting last year. Cannabis accounts for about half of positive drug tests at the workplace resulting in dismissal and barriers to further progress in an individual's career. Bills are being looked at to restrict workplace testing to only hazardous jobs and to ones in which impairment is a serious issue. The war on minority communities continues and the public still have no safer alternatives to dangerous drugs like heroin, methamphetamine, synthetic cannabinoids and non-prescription use of pharmaceutical drugs including opioids. New York city recently took action on CBD in food banning restaurants and retail outlets from including CBD in their edibles and food.
Listed below are articles taken from various media related to the above subject. Words in italics are the thoughts of your truly at the time of reading the article.
'He located a doctor in Brooklyn who was a writing fool. That croaker would go three scripts a day for as high as thirty tablets a script. Every now and then he would get dubious on the deal, but the sight of money always straightened him out.' - Junky, William S Burroughs, 1977, originally published in 1953
'There was one oldtime doctor who lived in a Victorian brownstone in the West Seventies. With him it was simply necessary to present a gentlemanly front. If you could get into his inner office you had it made, but he would write only three prescriptions. Another doctor was always drunk, and it was a matter of catching him at the right time. Often he wrote the prescription wrong and you had to take it back for correction. Then, like as not, he would say the prescription was a forgery and tear it up. Still another doctor was senile, and you had to help him write the script. He would forget what he was doing, put down his pen and go into a long reminiscence about the high class of patients he used to have. Especially, he liked to talk about a man named General Gore who once said to him, "Doctor, I've been to the Mayo Clinic and you know more than the whole clinic put together." There was no stopping him and the exasperated addict was forced to listen patiently. Often the doctor's wife would rush in at the last minute and tear up the prescription, or refuse to verify it when the drugstore called.' - Junky, William S Burroughs, 1977, originally published in 1953
'The doctor's office was in junk territory on 102nd, off Broadway. He was a doddering old man and could not resist the junkies who filled his office and were, in fact, his only patients. It seemed to give him a feeling of importance to look out and see an office full of people. I guess he had reached a point where he could change the appearance of things to suit his needs and when he looked out there he saw a distinguished and diversified clientele, probably well dressed in 1910 style, instead of a bunch of ratty-looking junkies come to hit him for a morphine script.' - Junky, William S Burroughs, 1977, originally published in 1953
'Our croaker had packed in. We split up to comb the city. We covered Brooklyn, the Bronx, Queens, Jersey City and Newark. We couldn't even score for pantopon. It seemed like the doctors were all expecting us, just waiting for one of us to walk into the office so they could say, "Absolutely no." It was as though every doctor in Greater New York had suddenly taken a pledge never to write another narcotics script. We were running out of junk.' - Junky, William S Burroughs, 1977, originally published in 1953
'About this time an anti-narcotics drive hit the town. The chief of police said, "This drive is going to continue as long as there is a single violator left in the city." The State legislators drew up a law making it a crime to be a drug addict. They did not specify where or when or what they meant by drug addict.
The cops began stopping addicts on the street and examining arms for needle marks. If they found marks, they pressured the addict to sign a statement admitting his condition so he could be charged under the "drug addicts law." The addicts were promised a suspended sentence if they would plead guilty and get the new law started. Addicts ransacked their persons looking for places to shoot in outside the arm area. If the law could find no marks on a man they usually let him go. If they found marks they would hold him for seventy-two hours and try to make him sign a statement.' - Junky, William S Burroughs, 1977, originally published in 1953
'Suddenly I remembered about that letter. The friend in New York who'd written it was a tea head and he pushed weed from time to time. He'd written to me asking the price of good weed in New Orleans. I asked Pat, who quoted me a tentative price of forty dollars per pound. In the letter on the table my friend made reference to the forty-dollar per pound price and said he wanted some at that figure.' - Junky, William S Burroughs, 1977, originally published in 1953
'Safe in Mexico, I watched the anti-junk campaign. I read about child addicts and Senators demanding the death penalty for dope peddlers. It didn't sound right to me. Who wants kids fr customers? They never have enough money and they always spill under questioning. Parents find out the kid is on junk and go to the law. I figured that either Stateside peddlers have gone simple-minded or the whole child-addict set-up is a propaganda routine to stir up anti-junk sentiment and pass some new laws.
Refugee hipsters trickled into Mexico. "Six months for needle marks under the vag-addict law in California." "Eight years for a dropper in Washington." "Two to ten for selling in New York."' - Junky, William S Burroughs, 1977, originally published in 1953
'The new law also amends the classification of offenses involving the use or possession of marijuana in public from a criminal misdemeanor, formerly punishable by up to 90 days in jail, to a fine-only offense. In New York City, police have made over 700,000 arrests for 'public view' violations. Eighty-six percent of those arrested were either Black or Latino.'
https://norml.org/news/2019/08/29/new-york-law-reducing-marijuana-possession-penalties-takes-effect
'Cannabis use is increasing among those ages 65 and older, according to data published in the journal JAMA Internal Medicine.
Researchers affiliated with the New York School of Medicine assessed trends in self-reported cannabis use among seniors. They reported that 4.2 percent of seniors acknowledged engaging in past-year cannabis consumption in 2018, up from 2.4 percent in 2015 and 0.4 percent in 2006.
The study's findings are consistent with those of prior papers similarly reporting an uptick in marijuana use among older Americans. According to a 2019 study published in the journal Gerontology & Geriatric Medicine, marijuana use among seniors is associated with self-reported improvements in pain management, day-to-day functioning, and in their overall health and quality of life'
https://norml.org/news/2020/02/27/seniors-more-frequently-turning-to-cannabis
'The new law also amends the classification of offenses involving the use or possession of marijuana in public from a criminal misdemeanor, formerly punishable by up to 90 days in jail, to a fine-only offense. In New York City, police have made over 700,000 arrests for 'public view' violations. Eighty-six percent of those arrested were either Black or Latino.'
https://norml.org/news/2019/08/29/new-york-law-reducing-marijuana-possession-penalties-takes-effect
The forever dithering New York...
'Recreational cannabis legalization in New York likely will be shelved for now because of the coronavirus crisis, but experts expect the legislation to be back in play later this year.
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo said Tuesday the state isn’t likely to legalize rec cannabis as part of its budget bill because it’s “too much, too little time,” according to the Democrat & Chronicle of Rochester, New York.'
https://mjbizdaily.com/new-york-adult-use-marijuana-legalization-appears-stalled/
'In the video, Officer Erickson can be heard saying, "We gotta find something," and later, can be seen placing loose weed in the cup holder. At the end of the 25-minute clip, the cop's body camera records what the Legal Aid Society contends are additional chunks of weed on the floorboard of the NYPD vehicle.'
https://gothamist.com/news/staten-island-nypd-officers-accused-planting-marijuana-suspect-also-seen-weed-patrol-car-lawyers-say
'More than 90% of respondents to that survey said recreational marijuana should be legal in the state. The NewsHouse survey also found widespread use of cannabis products, including CBD, on New York college campuses.
Students are far more concerned about the effects of alcohol and cigarettes on health than they are about marijuana, the survey found.
Many of the survey respondents indicated they would like to take courses on marijuana and the cannabis industry, something several Empire State colleges and universities have already experimented with.'
https://www.democratandchronicle.com/story/news/2020/06/29/poll-why-ny-college-students-support-legalizing-marijuana-and-use-cbd/5307514002/
'There was one oldtime doctor who lived in a Victorian brownstone in the West Seventies. With him it was simply necessary to present a gentlemanly front. If you could get into his inner office you had it made, but he would write only three prescriptions. Another doctor was always drunk, and it was a matter of catching him at the right time. Often he wrote the prescription wrong and you had to take it back for correction. Then, like as not, he would say the prescription was a forgery and tear it up. Still another doctor was senile, and you had to help him write the script. He would forget what he was doing, put down his pen and go into a long reminiscence about the high class of patients he used to have. Especially, he liked to talk about a man named General Gore who once said to him, "Doctor, I've been to the Mayo Clinic and you know more than the whole clinic put together." There was no stopping him and the exasperated addict was forced to listen patiently. Often the doctor's wife would rush in at the last minute and tear up the prescription, or refuse to verify it when the drugstore called.' - Junky, William S Burroughs, 1977, originally published in 1953
'The doctor's office was in junk territory on 102nd, off Broadway. He was a doddering old man and could not resist the junkies who filled his office and were, in fact, his only patients. It seemed to give him a feeling of importance to look out and see an office full of people. I guess he had reached a point where he could change the appearance of things to suit his needs and when he looked out there he saw a distinguished and diversified clientele, probably well dressed in 1910 style, instead of a bunch of ratty-looking junkies come to hit him for a morphine script.' - Junky, William S Burroughs, 1977, originally published in 1953
'Our croaker had packed in. We split up to comb the city. We covered Brooklyn, the Bronx, Queens, Jersey City and Newark. We couldn't even score for pantopon. It seemed like the doctors were all expecting us, just waiting for one of us to walk into the office so they could say, "Absolutely no." It was as though every doctor in Greater New York had suddenly taken a pledge never to write another narcotics script. We were running out of junk.' - Junky, William S Burroughs, 1977, originally published in 1953
'About this time an anti-narcotics drive hit the town. The chief of police said, "This drive is going to continue as long as there is a single violator left in the city." The State legislators drew up a law making it a crime to be a drug addict. They did not specify where or when or what they meant by drug addict.
The cops began stopping addicts on the street and examining arms for needle marks. If they found marks, they pressured the addict to sign a statement admitting his condition so he could be charged under the "drug addicts law." The addicts were promised a suspended sentence if they would plead guilty and get the new law started. Addicts ransacked their persons looking for places to shoot in outside the arm area. If the law could find no marks on a man they usually let him go. If they found marks they would hold him for seventy-two hours and try to make him sign a statement.' - Junky, William S Burroughs, 1977, originally published in 1953
'Suddenly I remembered about that letter. The friend in New York who'd written it was a tea head and he pushed weed from time to time. He'd written to me asking the price of good weed in New Orleans. I asked Pat, who quoted me a tentative price of forty dollars per pound. In the letter on the table my friend made reference to the forty-dollar per pound price and said he wanted some at that figure.' - Junky, William S Burroughs, 1977, originally published in 1953
'Safe in Mexico, I watched the anti-junk campaign. I read about child addicts and Senators demanding the death penalty for dope peddlers. It didn't sound right to me. Who wants kids fr customers? They never have enough money and they always spill under questioning. Parents find out the kid is on junk and go to the law. I figured that either Stateside peddlers have gone simple-minded or the whole child-addict set-up is a propaganda routine to stir up anti-junk sentiment and pass some new laws.
Refugee hipsters trickled into Mexico. "Six months for needle marks under the vag-addict law in California." "Eight years for a dropper in Washington." "Two to ten for selling in New York."' - Junky, William S Burroughs, 1977, originally published in 1953
'The new law also amends the classification of offenses involving the use or possession of marijuana in public from a criminal misdemeanor, formerly punishable by up to 90 days in jail, to a fine-only offense. In New York City, police have made over 700,000 arrests for 'public view' violations. Eighty-six percent of those arrested were either Black or Latino.'
https://norml.org/news/2019/08/29/new-york-law-reducing-marijuana-possession-penalties-takes-effect
'Cannabis use is increasing among those ages 65 and older, according to data published in the journal JAMA Internal Medicine.
Researchers affiliated with the New York School of Medicine assessed trends in self-reported cannabis use among seniors. They reported that 4.2 percent of seniors acknowledged engaging in past-year cannabis consumption in 2018, up from 2.4 percent in 2015 and 0.4 percent in 2006.
The study's findings are consistent with those of prior papers similarly reporting an uptick in marijuana use among older Americans. According to a 2019 study published in the journal Gerontology & Geriatric Medicine, marijuana use among seniors is associated with self-reported improvements in pain management, day-to-day functioning, and in their overall health and quality of life'
https://norml.org/news/2020/02/27/seniors-more-frequently-turning-to-cannabis
'The new law also amends the classification of offenses involving the use or possession of marijuana in public from a criminal misdemeanor, formerly punishable by up to 90 days in jail, to a fine-only offense. In New York City, police have made over 700,000 arrests for 'public view' violations. Eighty-six percent of those arrested were either Black or Latino.'
https://norml.org/news/2019/08/29/new-york-law-reducing-marijuana-possession-penalties-takes-effect
The forever dithering New York...
'Recreational cannabis legalization in New York likely will be shelved for now because of the coronavirus crisis, but experts expect the legislation to be back in play later this year.
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo said Tuesday the state isn’t likely to legalize rec cannabis as part of its budget bill because it’s “too much, too little time,” according to the Democrat & Chronicle of Rochester, New York.'
https://mjbizdaily.com/new-york-adult-use-marijuana-legalization-appears-stalled/
'In the video, Officer Erickson can be heard saying, "We gotta find something," and later, can be seen placing loose weed in the cup holder. At the end of the 25-minute clip, the cop's body camera records what the Legal Aid Society contends are additional chunks of weed on the floorboard of the NYPD vehicle.'
https://gothamist.com/news/staten-island-nypd-officers-accused-planting-marijuana-suspect-also-seen-weed-patrol-car-lawyers-say
'More than 90% of respondents to that survey said recreational marijuana should be legal in the state. The NewsHouse survey also found widespread use of cannabis products, including CBD, on New York college campuses.
Students are far more concerned about the effects of alcohol and cigarettes on health than they are about marijuana, the survey found.
Many of the survey respondents indicated they would like to take courses on marijuana and the cannabis industry, something several Empire State colleges and universities have already experimented with.'
https://www.democratandchronicle.com/story/news/2020/06/29/poll-why-ny-college-students-support-legalizing-marijuana-and-use-cbd/5307514002/
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'“Before we made our change in policy, we spent six months traveling the United States, going to those states where marijuana had been legalized, talking to prosecutors, chiefs of police, the agency heads … When we looked at how it was working — and our policies — my conclusions as DA, [is] that we didn’t, in New York state, have to be afraid of legalization.”'
https://nypost.com/2018/09/18/manhattan-da-wants-marijuana-entrepreneurs-to-be-successful/
'“For Medicaid and Child Health Plus, there would presumably not be federal matching funds until the federal government changes its policies, but New York’s Medicaid and Child Health Plus programs have always covered people and services for which we do not receive federal match,” the Assembly memo says.'
https://www.marijuanamoment.net/new-york-bill-would-require-medical-marijuana-be-covered-by-public-health-insurance/
'"State did a report saying legalizing adult use for recreational marijuana, the benefits outweigh the risks," Cuomo said. "So that legislation is being crafted. I expect it to be drafted next year. The when and the how, we're not clear about.'
https://www.wgrz.com/article/news/politics/cuomo-hopes-to-draft-marijuana-law-next-year/71-616438030
'New York State plans to legalize cannabis for adult-use with the 2019 Budget in April. The time is NOW to make your voice heard loud and clear!
The New York State Department of Health, in partnership with NYU and RAND, want to know your (anonymous) answers to these questions, and more! Please take this short survey to offer your first hand experience as a cannabis consumer, advocate, or supporter in New York. Answers will be used to help shape the legislation currently being drafted that is going to determine what the the adult-use cannabis market will look like.'
https://blog.norml.org/2018/12/12/take-this-short-survey-to-help-shape-marijuana-policy-in-new-york/
'New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo said he’d like to see the legalization of adult-use marijuana in the state early next year, which could create a $1.7 billion market, generate significant new business opportunities in the cannabis industry and curtail the state’s thriving illicit market.
According to the New York Times, Cuomo made the announcement Monday during a speech outlining his priorities for the first 100 days of his third term.'
https://mjbizdaily.com/ny-gov-legalize-adult-use-marijuana-2019/
'The recommendations are centered on local development, equity, public health and a wholesale departure from the failed war on drugs. These include the automatic expungement of criminal records for conduct that would be legalized – subject to notice and opportunity by District Attorneys’ Offices to raise objections in specific cases; educational resources for youth, educators, consumers, health care workers; the elimination of routine testing as prerequisite to social service benefit eligibility and the prohibition of pre-employment and random testing, with some narrow exceptions.
It also calls for balancing State regulatory structures with local authority to permit licensed consumption sites, determine business density restrictions to avoid over-concentration and allow localities to restrict or prohibit home cultivation. The report also makes recommendations to prevent big business from market domination by instituting a licensing system that would create opportunities for small businesses.'
https://www1.nyc.gov/office-of-the-mayor/news/607-18/mayor-de-blasio-calls-fair-cannabis-legalization-promotes-equity-opportunity-all#/0
'“I want to make sure our framework is consistent with New Jersey and Massachusetts,” Cuomo said on WCNY’s “Capitol Pressroom” on Thursday.
He said the price for pot “can’t be so [much] cheaper” in neighboring states.
“We can’t have a system where we drive people, pardon the pun, to New Jersey,” said Cuomo.'
https://nypost.com/2018/12/20/cuomo-warns-against-over-taxing-recreational-marijuana/
'“When they write the history books and ask what did we do – in the face of anger and division, when people were disillusioned, let New York’s answer be that in this defining moment we brought healing and light and hope and progress and action,” he said in his remarks as prepared for delivery. “That New York led on legalizing recreational marijuana, bringing justice and new economic opportunity not for rich corporations, but for the poor communities that paid too high a price for too long.”'
https://www.marijuanamoment.net/new-york-gov-cuomo-pledges-marijuana-legalization-in-inaugural-address/
'New York is inching closer to full marijuana legalization, with Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D) expected to include language ending prohibition in his forthcoming budget, but that’s not stopping legislators from putting forward bills in the meantime to expand the state’s existing medical cannabis program.
There are two new pre-filed pieces of legislation on the table in the state Senate: one to allow patients to smoke marijuana and another that would permit qualifying students to have medical cannabis administered at school.'
https://www.marijuanamoment.net/new-york-bills-would-allow-medical-marijuana-smoking-and-cannabis-at-schools/
'Whether the compound is legal has been a source of confusion. In June, the federal Food and Drug Administration approved the first CBD prescription drug to be sold in the United States. But the Drug Enforcement Administration has said CBD is illegal because it comes from cannabis, a banned Schedule 1 drug. And on its website, the F.D.A. says products with CBD cannot be sold as dietary supplements or in food that crosses state lines.
New York City is not alone in addressing the use of CBD in food. In Maine, one of 10 U.S. states that has legalized marijuana for recreational use, state health officials recently ordered businesses to remove CBD-infused edibles from stores, The Portland Press Herald reported.'
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/05/nyregion/cbd-food-nyc-restaurants.html
'New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo said he remains confident the Legislature can vote to legalize recreational cannabis as part of the state budget, which is due April 1.
The optimistic comments came after Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie, a Democrat, questioned whether lawmakers would have enough time to resolve thorny questions surrounding legalization while also working their way through a $175 billion budget.
While both the Democratic governor and Heastie support legalization, there’s not yet agreement on the details, such as rules about how the product should be sold and regulated as well as tax rates.'
https://mjbizdaily.com/ny-cuomo-still-possible-legalize-adult-use-marijuana-april/
'Taken as a whole, the flurry of cannabis-related legislation signals that the City Council expects the state to approve adult-use marijuana legalization sooner rather than later—and that its members want to make sure their voices are heard in advance.'
https://www.marijuanamoment.net/new-york-city-council-members-file-a-dozen-marijuana-proposals-in-one-day/
'The TV spot, dubbed “Legalize It,” touts a study by City Controller Scott Stringer’s office from last year that found the state could reap as much $436 million annually in new tax revenue from legal marijuana sales, the city could garner as much as $335 million.
“New York needs to act on the Governor’s proposal and position itself to be the leader in the Northeast region.
This legislation will create opportunity for New Yorkers that will lead to a diverse medical and adult-use cannabis market place,” said Adam Gooers, president of the NY Medical Cannabis Industry Association.'
https://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/ny-pol-cannabis-group-campaign-marijuana-legalized-other-states-20190225-story.html
'The medical marijuana industry is proposing a massive minority contracting and hiring program to woo legislators to keep their weed firms in business.
They worry as lawmakers decide between two proposals to legalize recreational use of marijuana.
Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s bill regulates all cannabis products — recreational, medical marijuana and hemp — but the Legislature’s measure gives growers free range — which could mean death to medical pot.'
https://nypost.com/2019/03/11/medical-marijuana-industry-proposes-minority-hiring-program/
'The issue today is a pillar of progressive politics, but not because of graying hippies who like their Rocky Mountain High. Rather, for many Democrats, legalization has become a litmus test for candidates’ commitment to equal treatment for all races in policing and criminal justice as well as fighting economic inequality.'
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/17/us/politics/marijuana-legalize-democrats.html
'“Before we made our change in policy, we spent six months traveling the United States, going to those states where marijuana had been legalized, talking to prosecutors, chiefs of police, the agency heads … When we looked at how it was working — and our policies — my conclusions as DA, [is] that we didn’t, in New York state, have to be afraid of legalization.”'
https://nypost.com/2018/09/18/manhattan-da-wants-marijuana-entrepreneurs-to-be-successful/
'“For Medicaid and Child Health Plus, there would presumably not be federal matching funds until the federal government changes its policies, but New York’s Medicaid and Child Health Plus programs have always covered people and services for which we do not receive federal match,” the Assembly memo says.'
https://www.marijuanamoment.net/new-york-bill-would-require-medical-marijuana-be-covered-by-public-health-insurance/
'"State did a report saying legalizing adult use for recreational marijuana, the benefits outweigh the risks," Cuomo said. "So that legislation is being crafted. I expect it to be drafted next year. The when and the how, we're not clear about.'
https://www.wgrz.com/article/news/politics/cuomo-hopes-to-draft-marijuana-law-next-year/71-616438030
'New York State plans to legalize cannabis for adult-use with the 2019 Budget in April. The time is NOW to make your voice heard loud and clear!
The New York State Department of Health, in partnership with NYU and RAND, want to know your (anonymous) answers to these questions, and more! Please take this short survey to offer your first hand experience as a cannabis consumer, advocate, or supporter in New York. Answers will be used to help shape the legislation currently being drafted that is going to determine what the the adult-use cannabis market will look like.'
https://blog.norml.org/2018/12/12/take-this-short-survey-to-help-shape-marijuana-policy-in-new-york/
'New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo said he’d like to see the legalization of adult-use marijuana in the state early next year, which could create a $1.7 billion market, generate significant new business opportunities in the cannabis industry and curtail the state’s thriving illicit market.
According to the New York Times, Cuomo made the announcement Monday during a speech outlining his priorities for the first 100 days of his third term.'
https://mjbizdaily.com/ny-gov-legalize-adult-use-marijuana-2019/
'The recommendations are centered on local development, equity, public health and a wholesale departure from the failed war on drugs. These include the automatic expungement of criminal records for conduct that would be legalized – subject to notice and opportunity by District Attorneys’ Offices to raise objections in specific cases; educational resources for youth, educators, consumers, health care workers; the elimination of routine testing as prerequisite to social service benefit eligibility and the prohibition of pre-employment and random testing, with some narrow exceptions.
It also calls for balancing State regulatory structures with local authority to permit licensed consumption sites, determine business density restrictions to avoid over-concentration and allow localities to restrict or prohibit home cultivation. The report also makes recommendations to prevent big business from market domination by instituting a licensing system that would create opportunities for small businesses.'
https://www1.nyc.gov/office-of-the-mayor/news/607-18/mayor-de-blasio-calls-fair-cannabis-legalization-promotes-equity-opportunity-all#/0
'“I want to make sure our framework is consistent with New Jersey and Massachusetts,” Cuomo said on WCNY’s “Capitol Pressroom” on Thursday.
He said the price for pot “can’t be so [much] cheaper” in neighboring states.
“We can’t have a system where we drive people, pardon the pun, to New Jersey,” said Cuomo.'
https://nypost.com/2018/12/20/cuomo-warns-against-over-taxing-recreational-marijuana/
'“When they write the history books and ask what did we do – in the face of anger and division, when people were disillusioned, let New York’s answer be that in this defining moment we brought healing and light and hope and progress and action,” he said in his remarks as prepared for delivery. “That New York led on legalizing recreational marijuana, bringing justice and new economic opportunity not for rich corporations, but for the poor communities that paid too high a price for too long.”'
https://www.marijuanamoment.net/new-york-gov-cuomo-pledges-marijuana-legalization-in-inaugural-address/
'New York is inching closer to full marijuana legalization, with Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D) expected to include language ending prohibition in his forthcoming budget, but that’s not stopping legislators from putting forward bills in the meantime to expand the state’s existing medical cannabis program.
There are two new pre-filed pieces of legislation on the table in the state Senate: one to allow patients to smoke marijuana and another that would permit qualifying students to have medical cannabis administered at school.'
https://www.marijuanamoment.net/new-york-bills-would-allow-medical-marijuana-smoking-and-cannabis-at-schools/
'Whether the compound is legal has been a source of confusion. In June, the federal Food and Drug Administration approved the first CBD prescription drug to be sold in the United States. But the Drug Enforcement Administration has said CBD is illegal because it comes from cannabis, a banned Schedule 1 drug. And on its website, the F.D.A. says products with CBD cannot be sold as dietary supplements or in food that crosses state lines.
New York City is not alone in addressing the use of CBD in food. In Maine, one of 10 U.S. states that has legalized marijuana for recreational use, state health officials recently ordered businesses to remove CBD-infused edibles from stores, The Portland Press Herald reported.'
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/05/nyregion/cbd-food-nyc-restaurants.html
'New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo said he remains confident the Legislature can vote to legalize recreational cannabis as part of the state budget, which is due April 1.
The optimistic comments came after Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie, a Democrat, questioned whether lawmakers would have enough time to resolve thorny questions surrounding legalization while also working their way through a $175 billion budget.
While both the Democratic governor and Heastie support legalization, there’s not yet agreement on the details, such as rules about how the product should be sold and regulated as well as tax rates.'
https://mjbizdaily.com/ny-cuomo-still-possible-legalize-adult-use-marijuana-april/
'Taken as a whole, the flurry of cannabis-related legislation signals that the City Council expects the state to approve adult-use marijuana legalization sooner rather than later—and that its members want to make sure their voices are heard in advance.'
https://www.marijuanamoment.net/new-york-city-council-members-file-a-dozen-marijuana-proposals-in-one-day/
'The TV spot, dubbed “Legalize It,” touts a study by City Controller Scott Stringer’s office from last year that found the state could reap as much $436 million annually in new tax revenue from legal marijuana sales, the city could garner as much as $335 million.
“New York needs to act on the Governor’s proposal and position itself to be the leader in the Northeast region.
This legislation will create opportunity for New Yorkers that will lead to a diverse medical and adult-use cannabis market place,” said Adam Gooers, president of the NY Medical Cannabis Industry Association.'
https://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/ny-pol-cannabis-group-campaign-marijuana-legalized-other-states-20190225-story.html
'The medical marijuana industry is proposing a massive minority contracting and hiring program to woo legislators to keep their weed firms in business.
They worry as lawmakers decide between two proposals to legalize recreational use of marijuana.
Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s bill regulates all cannabis products — recreational, medical marijuana and hemp — but the Legislature’s measure gives growers free range — which could mean death to medical pot.'
https://nypost.com/2019/03/11/medical-marijuana-industry-proposes-minority-hiring-program/
'The issue today is a pillar of progressive politics, but not because of graying hippies who like their Rocky Mountain High. Rather, for many Democrats, legalization has become a litmus test for candidates’ commitment to equal treatment for all races in policing and criminal justice as well as fighting economic inequality.'
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/17/us/politics/marijuana-legalize-democrats.html
'New York’s medical marijuana companies are fighting to get a first crack at any new recreational market when one is finally created, and they may be making some progress in their efforts.
The adult-use draft bill from Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s office raised concerns among the state’s 10 medical marijuana license holders that some would be left out in the cold.'
https://mjbizdaily.com/new-york-medical-cannabis-business-priority-adult-use-market/
'As New York lawmakers continue to work on legislation to legalize marijuana for adult use in the state, advocates are ramping up efforts to ensure that social equity and restorative justice are key components of any legal cannabis system that eventually emerges. DPA teamed up with creative agency Virtue to make that point by creating the fake cannabis club.
Country Club Cannabis was supposed to represent the moneyed, exclusive marijuana market that develops when cannabis is legalized without a focus on social equity. Members could pay for special access to different services—spa access for basic membership and access to “legal counsel” for premium members, for example. And joining the club also meant adhering to a dress code that prohibits members from wearing sneakers or having visible tattoos.'
https://www.marijuanamoment.net/legalization-advocates-create-hoax-elite-new-york-marijuana-club-in-push-for-social-equity/
'The bill, Intro 1445-A, prohibits employers in New York City from requiring a prospective employee to submit to testing for the presence of any tetrahydrocannabinols (THC), the active ingredient in marijuana, in such prospective employee's system as a condition of employment. Exceptions are provided for certain safety and security sensitive jobs, and those tied to a federal or state contract or grant.
Cannabis accounts for about half of all positive results on drug tests, and failed tests lead to an inability for many to advance in their careers. As many as 70% of large employers utilize pre-employment drug screenings, encompassing as many as 40% of jobs, according to Vox reporting last year.'
https://myemail.constantcontact.com/NYC-COUNCIL-PASSES-MARIJUANA-PRE-EMPLOYMENT-TESTING-BAN.html?soid=1102557709761&aid=2XPPaWqTMvA
New York isn't exactly leading the rush to legalization. In fact its bringing up the rear along with other stragglers like New Jersey and Texas, earning itself a reputation of being an ultra conservative state despite its cosmopolitan facade. Comparing Big Marijuana to Big Tobacco is like comparing spinach to potato fries. Opponents of marijuana have upgraded themselves in terms of nuanced opposition from harping about the ills of the whole plant to now focusing on the potency of THC little realising that it is fast emerging through scientific research as potentially more beneficial than CBD. Doing damaging journalism just to differentiate from the NY Times can cause social and self damage.
'Problem No. 1 is that legalization goes far beyond decriminalization. It means OK’ing the commercial sale of pot and (probably) many other THC products, including “edibles,” many of them highly potent.
Mayor Bill de Blasio at one point warned against opening the door to the marijuana version of Big Tobacco. (Many cigarette companies see weed as their future). But no one has yet floated a credible scheme for limiting a legal industry to mom-and-pop growers and manufacturers.'
https://nypost.com/2019/04/08/why-the-road-to-pot-legalization-is-proving-so-rocky/
From 21 years ago..even today the political and research hurdles remain more or less the same worldwide despite all the research done and evidence found... to introduce things which are devastating to mankind and nature such as a weapon of mass destruction or plastic by contrast takes only a tiny fraction of time...
'Political problems aside, John Morgan, medical professor at the City University of New York, believes there is so much evidence that the drug is safe, that it could take as little as three months to approve marijuana as a prescription drug. With so much existing research showing the relative safety of pot, it is time to move straight to trials of the drug’s effectiveness, he says.'
https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg15320732-500-turn-on-tune-in-get-well/
'Legalizing marijuana for recreational use is complicated, worthwhile and likely inevitable. But that’s no reason for it to be rushed through as part of the state budget. A better tack would be to put it for discussion and voting as a stand-alone piece of legislation.'
https://buffalonews.com/2019/02/04/editorial-governors-push-for-legalized-cannabis-should-peel-off-from-budget-package/
'“We have to examine the fact that circumstances and times have changed. We are literally a state that will be surrounded by a country, Canada and other states, going down as far as the District of Columbia – where adult use of marijuana is legalized and that’s a reality we have to deal with,” Hochul stated. '
http://news.wbfo.org/post/lt-governor-hochul-working-promote-2019-progressive-agenda
'The mayor said if the state plans to legalize recreational marijuana, “the opportunity first and foremost goes to communities that are victimized and individuals who are victimized, right down to people having an opportunity to start businesses and get jobs who served time who should have never served time to begin with.”'
https://wcbs880.radio.com/articles/mayor-wants-prevent-marijuana-corporatization
'The long-awaited, six-month study was released with a finding that the positives outweigh the negatives. The report, titled “Assessment of the Potential Impact of Regulated Marijuana in New York State,” was commissioned by Cuomo in January to assess the potential public safety and public health impacts along with tax revenue benefits in its assessment. '
https://newfrontierdata.com/marijuana-insights/cannabis-legalization-new-york-question-not-whether/
'"Evidence is mounting that marijuana legalization reduces opioid addiction numbers," it says on McMurray's campaign website.'
https://www.politifact.com/new-york/statements/2018/aug/31/nathan-mcmurray/mcmurray-advocates-marijuana-legalization/
'Governor Andrew M. Cuomo today signed legislation (S8987A/A 11011-B) that adds acute pain management to the list of conditions for which medical marijuana can be recommended as an alternative to opioid use. The bill will also allow for substance use disorder treatment providers to recommend medical marijuana to help patients manage underlying pain that contributes to the abuse of substances such as opioids.'
https://www.governor.ny.gov/news/governor-cuomo-signs-bill-adding-pain-management-list-eligible-conditions-treatment-medical
'Last month, New York State Governor Andrew Cuomo’s office announced a series of 15 listening sessions about cannabis legalization (including one in Manhattan last week) to hear public comment through October.'
https://newfrontierdata.com/marijuana-insights/new-york-state-holds-listening-sessions-on-cannabis-legalization/
This guy's linking of marijuana, crime and black people would have made a hilarious read if it wasn't so stereotypically tragic...well, adult recreational marijuana use is almost legal in New York now. This guy however is back in Bengaluru supposedly, so marijuana smokers in town better watch out...keep a Rs 20 note ready if you see him coming...
'There was a particular point at the corner of 106th Street where I could smell marijuana in the air every time I crossed it. I hadn't smoked it ever, but the city was on it all the time and everyone knew how it smelt. '
https://www.thehindu.com/opinion/open-page/The-twenty-dollars-I-got-to-keep/article17205956.ece
Comparing marijuana to tobacco shows incredible naivety. If Big Marijuana becoming like Big Tobacco is a concern, what about Big Pharma that feeds all these medical associations? The states that these medical associations represent have been in the news in recent times for the devastating effects of crystal meth, fentanyl and synthetic cannabis like K2. It is very likely that these dangerous drugs are thriving because of restrictive laws on cannabis and the mentality of the medical associations.
'“The huge increase in teen vaping causes great concern and it is very possible that we will have a similar situation with legalized marijuana. We need to learn the lessons from history to ensure that any legalized marijuana product does not become the Big Tobacco of the 21st Century,” the statement read.
The statement was signed by Thomas Madejski, president of New York Medical Society, John Poole of the New Jersey Medical Society, Claudi Gruss of the Connecticut Medical Society and Andrew Dahlke of the Delaware Medical Society.'
https://nypost.com/2019/03/22/doctors-oppose-legalizing-marijuana-in-new-york-and-three-other-states/
Different people live on different planets..
'In his opinion piece, Kennedy argues that the minuses associated with legalization far outnumber the positives and he points to "limited evidence" of pot's negative impact on academic achievement, economic success and social engagement.
"How can it be sound public policy to legalize recreational marijuana when it very well may make us dumber, poorer and less social and, when, in the end, we really do not know what it is going to do to people?" he said.
Kennedy believes New York can learn from states where pot is already legal and suggested their experiences with legalization are filled with horror stories.'
https://buffalonews.com/2019/03/23/slow-down-u-s-attorney-says-of-marijuana-legalization/
'“We cannot direct revenues to entities like the MTA, NYCHA and Health and Hospitals, which have consistently propagated harm and been complicit in the arrest crusade by targeting people who have used marijuana by calling the police or taking black and Latina mothers away from their children after nonconsensual maternal drug tests,” DPA New York State deputy director Melissa Moore wrote in an editorial for New York Daily News.
“Marijuana revenues do need to be directed to marginalized communities, and the people first in line need to be the people who have been ravaged by overpolicing and impacted by other insidious criminalization. That means sending cash to the areas where New Yorkers of color have lost their homes, been separated from their children and been denied citizenship and freedom because of racist enforcement.”'
https://www.marijuanamoment.net/new-york-cannabis-clash-should-marijuana-taxes-fund-subways-or-social-justice/
'"We're spending a lot of money right now on the black market and none of it is going back into the community," says Mary Kruger, president of Rochester NORML, a group that has been working to get recreational marijuana approved. "It's been behind a curtain or not really talked about for so long."
But now, recreational marijuana is front and center.'
https://www.whec.com/news/new-yorks-recreational-marijuana-plan-coming-together/5178780/
'Vireo spokesman Andrew Mangini said the company agreed with the state health department’s report on recreational pot. He didn’t answer questions about Vireo’s lobbying and business plans related to the issue. “Legalization will not only help reduce opioid deaths and discrimination against people of color, but also bring substantial tax revenue to the state,” he said. “It’s time to end the war on drugs and create an environment in which New York patients and adult consumers have safe and legal access to marijuana.”'
https://www.lohud.com/story/news/investigations/2018/10/09/new-york-marijuana-legalization/1535138002/
'Though New York proudly remains one of the most progressive states in the country, we cannot afford to rest on our laurels. If we truly want to be a leader on criminal justice reform, a leader in economic justice, a leader in ensuring a fair and equal state for all, and a leader combatting decades-old policies that continue to hold communities of color back, then it is long past time that we legalized marijuana.'
https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/tishjames/legalize-pot-today-correct-injustices-of-the-past
'Officials have estimated that the state stands to reap as much as $750 million in tax revenue per year from cannabis sales. And some lawmakers are already backing the idea of using some of those funds to fix the city’s faltering subways.
“The biggest issue we hear about as elected officials is the state of the subway system,” New York City Council speaker Corey Johnson told The New York Times. “To be able to tie these things together is something that could be highly impactful and potentially transformative.”'
https://www.marijuanamoment.net/lawmakers-might-use-legal-marijuana-taxes-to-fix-new-yorks-subways/
'Potential tax revenue from recreational marijuana legalization in New York State may be significant: it is likely that excise and sales taxes will generate hundreds of millions of dollars in annual revenue. However, early estimates are speculative at best, based on hypothetical tax structures and wide-ranging assumptions of the consumer market. It will take years to fully realize a robust legal recreational marijuana market and associated tax revenue. If New York does implement such a program, the associated revenue must be cautiously forecast, transparently disbursed, and utilized for general state operating purposes.'
https://cbcny.org/research/dont-get-too-high-potential-marijuana-revenues
'On the third? New tax revenue is welcome given a wide array of needs and heavy tax burden on many New Yorkers. But the mayor is naive if he thinks the city or state can effectively achieve managed-marijuana-marketplace nirvana — guaranteeing that dispensary licenses go to neophyte mom-and-pop enterprises rather than experienced entrepreneurs.
Who knows, even Amazon may want a piece of the action. And why not?'
https://www.nydailynews.com/opinion/ny-edit-bill-pot-20181220-story.html
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Cannabis Events
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Cannabis in the Workplace
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Cannabis and California
https://ravingkoshy.blogspot.com/2019/05/cannabis-and-california.html
Cannabis and Colorado
https://ravingkoshy.blogspot.com/2019/05/cannabis-and-colorado.html
Cannabis and Illinois
https://ravingkoshy.blogspot.com/2019/05/cannabis-and-illinois.html
Cannabis and Maine
https://ravingkoshy.blogspot.com/2019/05/cannabis-and-maine.html
Cannabis and Michigan
https://ravingkoshy.blogspot.com/2019/05/cannabis-and-michigan.html
Cannabis and Massachusetts
https://ravingkoshy.blogspot.com/2019/05/cannabis-and-massachusetts.html
Cannabis and Oregon
https://ravingkoshy.blogspot.com/2019/05/cannabis-and-oregon.html
Cannabis and the US Federal Government
https://ravingkoshy.blogspot.com/2019/05/cannabis-and-us-federal-government.html
Cannabis and Vermont
https://ravingkoshy.blogspot.com/2019/05/cannabis-and-vermont.html
Cannabis and Washington
https://ravingkoshy.blogspot.com/2019/05/cannabis-and-washington.html
Cannabis and Washington DC
https://ravingkoshy.blogspot.com/2019/05/cannabis-and-washington-dc.html
Cannabis and the Medical Industry
Cannabis and Mississippi
https://ravingkoshy.blogspot.com/2020/11/cannabis-and-mississippi.html
https://ravingkoshy.blogspot.com/2020/11/cannabis-and-mississippi.html
Cannabis and Montana
https://ravingkoshy.blogspot.com/2019/05/cannabis-and-montana.html
https://ravingkoshy.blogspot.com/2019/05/cannabis-and-montana.html
Cannabis and New Jersey
https://ravingkoshy.blogspot.com/2019/05/cannabis-and-new-jersey.html
https://ravingkoshy.blogspot.com/2019/05/cannabis-and-new-jersey.html
Cannabis and South Dakota
https://ravingkoshy.blogspot.com/2020/11/cannabis-and-south-dakota.html
https://ravingkoshy.blogspot.com/2020/11/cannabis-and-south-dakota.html
https://ravingkoshy.blogspot.com/2020/11/cannabis-and-arizona.html
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Cannabis and Benzodiazepines
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