Good morning on this brightening Monday. Will New York be the next state to legalize marijuana? Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo’s 2018 budget plan calls for a study of the pros and cons. If legal weed comes to New York City, …
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New York Today: A Cultural History of Marijuana
Good morning on this brightening Monday. Will New York be the next state to legalize marijuana? Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo’s 2018 budget plan calls for a study of the pros and cons. If legal weed comes to New York City, …
Read More »Valentine’s Day: A Cannabis Gift Guide
Have you checked your calendar recently? It’s time to decide what to get your valentine. Now, you could go with the standard bouquet of flowers, box of chocolates and a teddy bear, but let’s be real — you’re reading this …
Read More »New York City Won’t Stop Using the Guise of Weed Arrests to Discriminate Against People of Color
Earlier this month, in the aftermath of Attorney General Jeff Sessions’ promise that he would continue his crusade against state-legalized cannabis, one unlikely detractor emerged from the shadows to chastise the leader of our nation’s Department of Justice. Jeff Sessions’ …
Read More »New York State Legislators Propose Bill to Combat Opioid Use with Medical Cannabis – News
Dennis Peron, Father of Medical Marijuana in California, Dies at 72
(Reuters) – Dennis Peron, the cannabis activist who fired up the movement to legalize medical marijuana in California, died on Saturday in a San Francisco hospital. He was 72. Also a prominent figure in San Francisco’s gay community, he was …
Read More »Police in Prohibition States Report Huge Increase in Cannabis Trafficking – News
While state officials in California and Colorado have been busy issuing licenses and regulating weed like alcohol, cops across America’s northern corridor have reported huge increases in marijuana seizures and interstate trafficking, a persistent problem they say is all thanks …
Read More »Meet the Republican Gubernatorial Candidate Who Wants to Legalize Weed in New York – News
As a Republican, Giambra is up against not only more conservative members of his own party, but a statewide majority of Democrats. His campaign promise to legalize weed would also be dependent on a rather conservative state legislature. While New …
Read More »New York: Giambra Says Legalize Cannabis, Gov. Cuomo Says Study It
Marijuana legalization will likely play a significant role in New York’s gubernatorial election come Nov. 6, 2018. Just 24-hours after New York’s Republican gubernatorial candidate Joel Giambra proposed legalizing adult-use marijuana to help fix the state’s underfunded transportation system on …
Read More »Contact Sport: CNN Reporter Gets Lit on New Year’s Eve Cannabis Tour in Denver – News
Image via CNN On December 31, while most of the country snuck their tokes from one-hitters and vape pens, Denver went all-in. Cannabis Tours — the first company to sell guided adventures to potheads the world over — teamed up …
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