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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.
That law, enacted in 2021, legalized cannabis and set off the process for creating a legal marketplace in New York. Asher Stockler is a reporter for The Journal News and the USA Today Network New ...
An act in relation to constituting chapter 7-A of the consolidated laws, in relation to the creation of a new office of cannabis management, as an independent entity within the division of alcoholic beverage control, providing for the licensure of persons authorized to cultivate, process, distribute and sell cannabis and the use of cannabis by persons aged twenty-one or older;
Cannabis possession was decriminalized in New York in 2019 but without any framework for regulated sales or legal possession. [1] The Marijuana Regulation and Taxation Act, a 2019 bill that would have legalized cannabis in the state (and prior bills as early as 2013), failed. The Cannabis Regulation and Taxation Act was proposed by the governor ...
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 ...
New York cannabis farmers say that as the future of the state’s legal cannabis industry remains uncertain, they are facing deepening mental and financial despair as they sit on hundreds of ...
2021: recreational marijuana signed into law by Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham, effective June 29, 2021. [139] 2022: commercial sales began April 1, 2022. [140] [141] New York: Legal to possess up to 3 oz (85 g) of cannabis or 24 g of concentrates at home and 3 oz (85 g) in public or gifting without remuneration. [142]
The New York State Office of Cannabis Management said that several New York City adult-use dispensaries, including Cannabis Emporium in the Bronx, will officially open this week after a lawsuit ...