I have a lot of friends in the marijuana industry and activism movement that are Jewish. I am not Jewish, but I have always respected
Yesterday, elected officials, patients, and more than twenty community groups gathered at Hostos Community College in the Bronx to discuss the proposed regulations for New
Tuesday, February 3rd, patients, community members, providers and elected officials will join together to discuss New York’s medical marijuana law and provide community feedback on
Legalizing recreational marijuana in New York would be very significant on many levels. Obviously, with New York’s enormous population, huge sums of money would be
Today, the NY Department of Health released the draft regulations for the medical marijuana program. While full analysis of the regulations is still underway, an
Today, Senator Liz Krueger and Assemblyperson Crystal Peoples-Stokes sponsored a public forum about the Marijuana Regulation and Taxation Act, a bill that would tax and
Yesterday, 8 year old Donella Nocera of Niagra Falls passed away while waiting for emergency access to medical marijuana to ease her end-of-life suffering. Donella
During the 2014 Election, we found out that support for marijuana reform was higher than support was for most popular candidates. New York City did
It is very hard to blend comedy and marijuana. Most of the time, it’s just Cheech and Chong jokes and jabs involving potato chips. This
New York City Council Speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito announced her support for marijuana legalization at the November pre-stated meeting. Speaker Mark -Viverito joins a growing list
New York Mayor de Blasio made a lot of promises in regards to marijuana enforcement while he was campaigning. Sadly, the promises up to this point
There is a trend in the emerging medical marijuana industry. The newer the state is to the medical marijuana world, the more expensive it is
A new report released by the Marijuana Arrest Research Project and the Drug Policy Alliance shows that, despite campaign promises, marijuana possession arrests under Mayor
By Alizeh Siddiqui According to WSHU.org, New York’s health department is asking permission from the federal government to import out-of-state medical marijuana until its own program
Friday, the Cuomo Administration sent a letter to Deputy Attorney General Cole following up on an earlier letter to U.S. Attorney General Holder sent on
New York recently passed a very limited medical marijuana law. While the law has yet to be implemented, and it needs to be improved upon,
It wasn’t that long ago that admitting marijuana use was the deathblow to a politician. Bill Clinton was so embarrassed when it became known that
A new poll has been released by Quinnipiac University, which asked people in New York if they supported recreational marijuana legalization, medical marijuana only, or if
I get asked all the time when I think ‘fill in the blank’ state will legalize marijuana. Rather than put everything into one article, I
Yesterday, Governor Cuomo called for swift implementation of New York’s recently passed medical marijuana law. Since the medical marijuana bill was signed into law on July 7,
Brooklyn District Attorney Ken Thompson announced the implementation of his policy to end the prosecution of most low-level marijuana possession cases. With this bold and
On Wednesday, July 9th at 11am, elected officials, community members and the coalition, New Yorkers for Public Health & Safety, will rally on the Steps
Today, Governor Andrew Cuomo signed a medical marijuana bill into law, making New York the twenty-third state to allow legal access to medical marijuana for seriously ill
By Phillip Smith The New York legislature and Gov. Andrew Cuomo (R) reached a last-minute compromise on medical marijuana this week, and yesterday, the state
