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In 1914, New York first began to restrict cannabis by requiring a prescription to obtain the drug. In an amendment to the Boylan Bill, they added "Cannabis indica, which is the Indian hemp from which the East Indian drug called hashish is manufactured," to the city's list of restricted drugs.
Vance had already ended prosecuting most marijuana offenses in New York City as of August, 2018. [ 24 ] Opposition in 2019 came from the out-of-state organization Smart Approaches to Marijuana who spent $10,000 on billboards criticizing legislators who promoted the bill. [ 25 ]
New York's retail marijuana market has been in disarray since sales began almost a year ago. Bureaucratic problems and lawsuits have allowed only about two-dozen legal shops to open, while farmers ...
New York’s legal cannabis market has been hampered by inexperienced leaders who treated the state licensing agency like a “mission-driven” startup rather than a government office, according ...
Marijuana plants are seen at a secured growing facility in Washington county, N.Y., Friday, May 12, 2023. Farmers growing New York’s first legal adult marijuana crop are having trouble moving ...
New York's cannabis industry was unsettled Thursday by a judge's ruling that appeared to strike down all regulations governing recreational marijuana in the state. The Wednesday ruling was amended ...
The Office of Cannabis Management is a New York state government agency established upon passage of the Marijuana Regulation and Taxation Act (MRTA) to implement a regulatory framework for medical and adult-use cannabis in the state of New York, along with hemp regulations as well.
The developments come after the initial restrictive licensing process resulted in just a couple dozen dispensaries opening statewide, while black-market drug dealers undermined the legal ...