Search results for "New York"
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Industry Events
New York’s CannaGather Meetup Fosters the City’s Infant Cannabis Industry
August 20, 2018Educational event for the cannabis industry in NYC shows investors are thirsty for change.
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Cultivation
A New York Company Wants to Use Molecular DNA Tags to Track Legal Cannabis
July 24, 2018Applied DNA Sciences wants to differentiate between state-compliant and illicit market cannabis by spraying DNA tracking...
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Politics
Pressure Builds for Cannabis Legalization in New Jersey & New York
July 21, 2018New York and New Jersey are notorious rivals, and the two states are now racing to...
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Legal
New York City’s ‘New’ Marijuana Arrest Strategy Would Mean Lots of Marijuana Arrests
June 21, 2018Cops could still arrest minorities, former offenders — anyone, really.
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Politics
New York State Democratic Party Endorses Cannabis Legalization
May 25, 2018Things are moving fast in the Empire State, with cannabis legalization proposals striding toward mainstream acceptance...
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Politics
New York Moves to Address Racial Injustices in Marijuana Policing, Industry
May 17, 2018Suddenly, New York state's political establishment is looking seriously at cannabis legalization, driven by growing concerns...
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Politics
Cynthia Nixon Endorses Cannabis Legalization in New York Governor’s Race
April 12, 2018With a bombshell homespun video statement, New York's gadfly celebrity gubernatorial hopeful Cynthia Nixon has —...
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Politics
Two Out of Three New Yorkers Support Legalizing Marijuana
November 27, 2017Favorable public support polls are often a major step towards precipitating a victory for legal cannabis.
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Cannabis
Minnesota Marijuana Oil Sent to New York Stirs Anger
March 24, 2017Minnesota lawmakers want to crack down on one of the state's medical marijuana companies whose former...
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Cannabis
New York To Expand Medical Cannabis Access
September 1, 2016Bending to complaints that the state's two-year-old medical marijuana program is too restrictive, officials in New...
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Economics
New York Banks Say “No” to Cannabis
September 24, 2015New York’s medical cannabis industry is scheduled to launch at the beginning of 2016, but the...
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Medical
New York Hospitals Could Distribute Medical Marijuana
June 10, 2015Although the New York State Health Department hasn’t revealed the names of the applicants vying to...
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Joint Opinions
New York Medical Marijuana Rules Are Ultra-Restrictive
April 3, 2015It has been almost a year since New York Governor Andrew Cuomo put his signature on...
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In History
New York Times Runs First Full-Page Cannabis Ad
August 4, 2014It’s safe to say that it’s been a very good year for Leafly, the popular app...
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Cannabis
New York Times Calls for Cannabis Legalization
July 28, 2014The calls for medical and recreational marijuana legalization nationwide are getting louder and louder. Politicians are...
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Medical
New York Legalizes Medical Marijuana
July 8, 2014Thanks to the Compassionate Care Act that went into effect on July 5, New York has...
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Medical
Glaucoma Left Out of New York Medical Marijuana Bill
May 28, 2014Elvy Musikka is one of only four recipients of federal medical marijuana for glaucoma. On May...
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Economics
New York Legislators Propose Bill to Grow Industrial Hemp
May 7, 2014Although growing hemp in the U.S. has been illegal for decades, there are nearly a dozen...
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Joint Opinions
New Yorkers: Protest #HighNYC Ad Ban in Times Square on 4/20
April 10, 2014Just when you thought that New York had returned to the forefront of progression in America,...
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Politics
Will 27,000 Annual Marijuana Arrests Stop in New York City Under Mayor Bill de Blasio?
March 6, 2014On New Year’s Day, Bill de Blasio was officially sworn into office as the mayor of...