It’s a great day to be a New Yorker! According to the press release below, the New York State Assembly passed a compassionate use bill
Mayor’s Claim that Medical Marijuana is “Hoax” Comes One Day after 600 New York Physicians Pledge Support for NY Medical Marijuana Bill New York - Mayor
On Wednesday, in an unofficial 80-59 vote, the New York Assembly passed legislation to reduce the penalty for publicly holding a small amount of marijuana. Only one
Today a newly-formed group - New York Physicians for Compassionate Care - will hold a press conference to announce that over 600 physicians in New York have
New Poll Shows Strong Majority of New Yorkers Support Reform; Assemblymembers, Advocates, and Community Members Call On Senate to Act In Last Decade, Police Spent
New Poll: At Least 60% of All Voters Continue to Call for Fixing Marijuana Possession Laws, Including Half of Republicans; Poll is Third This Year
Medical Marijuana Patients and Advocates Call for Immediate Passage of New York’s Bill A poll released by the Siena Research Institute found that 82% of New York
Senator Liz Krueger has announced that she intends to file legislation in New York aimed at legalizing the recreational use, possession, private cultivation and state-licensed
By Phillip Smith Thanks to aggressive policing strategies, New York City has for more than a decade been the world’s leader in marijuana possession arrests,
While New York’s governor and lawmakers continue to discuss and work towards decriminalizing the public display of marijuana, which would stop tens of thousands of
If there is any state that needs marijuana reform, it’s New York. For so many years it has seemed like New York has been on
Earlier this week New York State’s Assembly Codes Committee, by a vote of 16 to 6, approved Assembly Bill 6357 which would legalize the use, possession and
For years advocates have been fighting to allow those who can benefit from it to use marijuana legally for medical purposes in the State of
Every day the New York legislature waits is another day of suffering for thousands of patients. Tell Gov. Cuomo and your legislators in the assembly
In a 21 to 4 vote, the New York State Assembly Health Committee approved the use, production, and sale of medical marijuana. Sen. Diane Savino (D-Staten Island)
Douglas Received Longest-Ever Sentence of 5 Extra Years in Prison for Relapse Ruling Flies in Face of Nation’s Leading Medical and Substance Abuse Experts Who
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo reaffirmed his commitment to decriminalize the public possession of 15 grams or less of marijuana during his 2013 State of
Legislation Would End the Needless Suffering of Thousands of Seriously Ill New Yorkers Statement from Drug Policy Alliance’s Julie Netherland Today, New York State Assemblyman
By Phillip Smith People — almost all of them young people of color — are being arrested at the rate of a thousand a week
Report Documents Huge Waste of Police Resources in NYC, “Marijuana Arrest Capital of the World”; Majority of Those Arrested Are Black and Latino Youth Report
Marijuana possession is the number one arrest is New York City and a top arrest in New York State, leading to racial discrepancies, while costing
MMJ Business Daily, the cannabis industry’s most-respected professional news source, will hold an exclusive seminar in New York City on Thursday, March 14th, from 6-10pm.
Marijuana Possession Arrests Will Lead to Desk Appearance, Not Overnight Jail Advocates: Good First Step, But Gov. Cuomo’s Bill to Stop Arrests Must Pass In
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo, on the short list of potential 2016 Democratic presidential candidates, certainly energized his progressive base of support during his State of the
