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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;
In response to the continued arrests for marijuana possession, in 2014, New York City mayor Bill de Blasio directed the NYPD to cease arrests, and instead issue tickets, for small possession even in cases where the 1977 law might allow an arrest, such as cannabis entering "public view" during a stop-and-frisk. [13]
New York City has been called the cannabis-arrest capital of the world, [17] with over 40,000 arrests in 2008. Despite New York's decriminalization of simple possession, New York City police arrest suspects for possession in public view, which remains a misdemeanor.
New York regulators approved home grown cannabis rules this week, allowing adult New Yorkers to now possess up to 12 cannabis plants and five pounds of marijuana per household.
The New York State Cannabis Enforcement Task Force closed 230 upstate shops, including stores in Alfred, Watkins Glen and Horseheads.
1975: Alaska's Supreme Court establishes that the right to privacy includes possession of small amounts of marijuana. [22] 1976: Minnesota decriminalizes cannabis. [21] 1977: Mississippi, New York, and North Carolina decriminalize cannabis. [21] South Dakota also decriminalizes cannabis, but the law is repealed almost immediately afterwards. [23]
State regulators have banned the distribution of cannabis pills that are also infused with caffeine -- a combo that's been a popular pick-me-up for fitness buffs and office professionals, The Post ...
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.