Search results for "NYPD"
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Politics
NYPD ‘Gang Raids’ Bring Back Convictions for Cannabis Possession
June 18, 2018In recent years, the New York Police Department has conducted large militarized raids on housing projects...
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Politics
NYPD Under Fire For Continuing Racial Disparity in Pot Arrests
February 28, 2018Despite repeated pledges by the New York Police Department and Mayor Bill de Blasio to lift the...
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Legal
NYPD Drops ‘Buy-and-Bust’ Operations
November 14, 2014The New York City Police Department has been ordered to terminate a program they’ve implemented called...
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In History
MLK & Marijuana: How the Civil Rights Leader’s Work Informs the Push for Legal Pot
January 15, 2024Martin Luther King Jr. never spoke publicly about cannabis, but his life and works provide important...
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In The Magazine
Dasheeda Dawson: On The Record
January 12, 2024New York City’s most powerful cannabis official readies an expansive—and unprecedented—rollout.
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Legal
Crackdown on Cannabis ‘Gray Market’ In NYC Arrives
September 12, 2023The long-promised crackdown on unlicensed cannabis sales is a reality now in New York City.
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Legal
Empire Cannabis Club Co-Owner, Staff Arrested in NYC for ‘Obstruction’
July 14, 2023New York City’s Empire Cannabis Club has been pushing the proverbial envelope on the possibilities for...
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Legal
New York Initiates Clampdown on Unlicensed Cannabis
May 3, 2023In a paradox, New York authorities are finally unleashing the long-anticipated crackdown on the state’s legion...
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Politics
New York: The Taming of the ‘Wild East’?
September 19, 2022New York state is just now accepting applications for retail cannabis licenses. But the Big Apple...
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Culture
Can I Smoke Weed at Work?
September 4, 2022Cannabis legalization doesn’t mean the freedom to consume cannabis in the workplace, or even full protection...
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Industry Events
NYC’s Mayor Tells People to “Light Up” at the Cannabis World Congress & Business Expo
June 8, 2022New York City Mayor Eric Adams vowed to get the cannabis industry right, starting with social...
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Politics
New York and Montana: Contrasts in Cannabis Equity
April 25, 2022The Empire State and Big Sky Country, although seemingly on opposite sides of America’s political divide,...
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Current Events
What’s Happening in New York Now That Cannabis is Legal?
October 15, 2021New York's new Gov. Kathy Hochul is hyping the coming cannabis boom in the state —...
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Legal
Calls to Defund the Police Lead to Cannabis Decriminalization Measures
June 26, 2020A month into the national uprising sparked by the killing of George Floyd, cities and states...
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Current Events
The Cannabis Industry and the Black Lives Matter Uprising
June 9, 2020Protests have spread across the U.S. in response to the death of George Floyd at the...
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Politics
Brooklyn Brutality Re-Ignites Outrage Over Pot Policing in NYC
March 17, 2020An egregious incident of police abuse in Brooklyn has gone viral on the internet and re-ignited...
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Joint Opinions
Bloomberg Is the Worst Candidate in the Race on Marijuana
February 21, 2020Listen to @Fatjew: The former New York City mayor has an abysmal record on cannabis and...
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Politics
Cuomo Pledges Legal Cannabis for New York in 2020, But Where’s the Equity?
January 25, 2020The new budget just released by New York's Gov. Andrew Cuomo includes his promised cannabis legalization...
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Joint Opinions
Push for the Best Legalization
January 11, 2020Marijuana legalization oftentimes gets caught up in the conversation about marijuana regulation instead.
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Politics
Why Does Marijuana Decriminalization Not Include Concentrates?
July 10, 2019New York State’s recent decriminalization law applies only to cannabis flower. Possessing concentrated cannabis is still...