All posts tagged "New York"

Politics

Pressure Builds for Cannabis Legalization in New Jersey & New York

New York and New Jersey are notorious rivals, and the two states are now racing to...

Medical

Oklahoma & Florida Roll Back Access to Smokable Medical Marijuana

Medical marijuana users who demand their right to smoke herbaceous cannabis were dealt a double whammy...

Politics

Lawmakers Debate How Cannabis Should Replace Opioids

New York is moving forward with a bill that would allow doctors to prescribe cannabis instead...

Politics

New York State Democratic Party Endorses Cannabis Legalization

Things are moving fast in the Empire State, with cannabis legalization proposals striding toward mainstream acceptance...

Politics

NYC Moves to Cancel Future Pot Arrests Following Public Pressure

New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio made a major announcement about his city’s policing on...

Politics

NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio Warns Against Corporate Cannabis

Mayor Bill de Blasio took to the radio to voice his fears over cannabis legalization, but...

Industry Events

NYC Cannabis Parade Pushes for Racial Justice

New York City's Cannabis Parade, a flagship entry in the Global Marijuana March movement and a...

Legal

Which States Will Be Next to Legalize Marijuana?

Several states are in the process of legalizing cannabis reforms.

Politics

Cynthia Nixon Endorses Cannabis Legalization in New York Governor’s Race

With a bombshell homespun video statement, New York's gadfly celebrity gubernatorial hopeful Cynthia Nixon has —...

Politics

NYPD Under Fire For Continuing Racial Disparity in Pot Arrests

Despite repeated pledges by the New York Police Department and Mayor Bill de Blasio to lift the...

Politics

Cities Build ‘Safer Consumption Spaces’ for Opiates, But Not Cannabis

On Feb. 6, San Francisco voted to open “safer consumption spaces” where citizens can legally inject...

Legal

Facing Deportation For a Decades-Old Cannabis Crime

The story of a young man from Colombia whose two minor marijuana possession charges from the...

Cannabis

Dispensary Review: Columbia Care Manhattan

Manhattan-based dispensary is open for select patients.

Politics

Two Out of Three New Yorkers Support Legalizing Marijuana

Favorable public support polls are often a major step towards precipitating a victory for legal cannabis.

Cannabis

Many Veterans Have to Break the Law to Use Medical Cannabis

For veterans in states with restrictive medical programs, acquiring the medicinal benefits of cannabis means breaking...

Cannabis

Minnesota Marijuana Oil Sent to New York Stirs Anger

Minnesota lawmakers want to crack down on one of the state's medical marijuana companies whose former...

Legal

NY Hospitals to Allow MMJ Patients to Medicate On-Site

Medical marijuana is rapidly growing in popularity and gradually gaining acceptance among medical professionals, but many...

Cannabis

New York To Expand Medical Cannabis Access

Bending to complaints that the state's two-year-old medical marijuana program is too restrictive, officials in New...

Medical

NY: Proposed Medical Marijuana Upgrades Are Nothing Without Chronic Pain

As it stands, there are only 2,675 patients in the entire state that have been approved...

Legal

Proposal Would Legalize 2 Ounces of Personal Cannabis in Buffalo, NY

Sadly, upstate New York is plagued with disproportionate arrest rates for cannabis possession and the people...