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New York Cannabis Board Calls Free Marijuana Samples Illegal

October 26, 2021
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The head of the state’s Cannabis Control Board has declared businesses giving away marijuana as a promotion with the purchase of an overpriced T-shirt, lighter or other item are breaking the law. Tremaine Wright, the former state Assembly member who…

NY Cannabis Board Issues New Rules Allowing People To Grow Medical Marijuana At Home

October 21, 2021
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New York’s Cannabis Control Board issued regulations Thursday to allow medical marijuana users and their caregivers to grow their own supply at home. The proposal, now open to public comment for 60 days, would permit the cultivation of up to…

Marijuana in the workplace: New York employers can’t test most workers, state says

October 20, 2021
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The New York State Department of Labor has released new guidance regarding legalized recreational marijuana use and the workplace. According to that new guidance, employers must cite “articulable symptoms of impairment” in almost any effort to take action against an…

Expungements, licenses, and local opt-outs: Here’s what’s next for NY’s marijuana rollout

October 13, 2021
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Recreational marijuana legalization in New York is moving into a new phase. After stifling staff delays brought on by political infighting, newly minted members of the state Cannabis Control Board are now interpreting and shaping the Marijuana Regulation and Taxation Act, the…

New York finally launches legal marijuana control board. What to expect (and when)

Six months after New York legalized marijuana for recreational use, the state is finally getting down to the business of setting the rules for growing, processing and selling it — and ensuring the “social equity” provisions written into the law. The first…

Selling Marijuana on Tribal Lands, a Legal Gray Area in New York

September 23, 2021
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With New York state officials slow to establish regulations, members of the St. Regis Mohawks have raced ahead, opening a number of dispensaries for recreational marijuana. It doesn’t take long after entering the St. Regis Mohawk reservation to see a…

A New York Prison Locked Men Up For Drugs. Now the Site Will Grow Marijuana

Until closing a decade ago, a sprawling state prison in this town northwest of New York City locked up men convicted of drug offenses and other crimes. Now Warwick aims to turn what was a medium-security complex in Orange County…

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Yes, Pot Is Legal. But It’s Also in Short Supply.

In New York and New Jersey, the race is on to grow legal weed. In Orange County, N.Y., there are plans to build a large cannabis cultivation and processing plant on the grounds of a defunct state prison. About 25…

Does legal marijuana spell end of testing for the drug at NY businesses?

Recreational marijuana is now legal for adults in New York, but that doesn’t necessarily mean the end of testing for the drug in the workplace, experts said. Although there is nothing in the law that bars companies from testing existing…

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Legal Marijuana May Not Be NYC’s Retail Real Estate Savior

When Gov. Andrew Cuomo signed a bill in late March to legalize recreational marijuana in New York state, many in the cannabis and real estate industries thought dispensaries and on-site consumption lounges might save New York City retail. But the…

Business owners wait on cannabis board appointments in New York

Officials continue to review potential appointees to the state’s Office of Cannabis Management and Cannabis Control Board — the entities to license and regulate the state’s new market for adult-use recreational marijuana — as New Yorkers wait on more specifics…

The Complete Guide to Legal Weed in New York

On March 31, New York became the 15th state to legalize recreational marijuana after a yearslong campaign to decriminalize the drug. The NYPD has instructed officers not to stop and arrest people if they see them smoking pot in public. New “No smoking of…

New York cannabis farmers: Let us plant legal marijuana now

It’s almost planting season in Upstate New York, and farmers are ready to spring into action. But for the farmers hoping to jump into the recently legalized business of growing marijuana for recreational use, there’s a problem. The state may…

New York Legalizes Recreational Marijuana, Tying Move to Racial Equity

After years of stalled attempts, New York State has legalized the use of recreational marijuana, enacting a robust program that will reinvest millions of dollars of tax revenues from cannabis in minority communities ravaged by the decades-long war on drugs. Gov. Andrew M.…

New York State Senate passes bill to legalize recreational weed

The New York State Senate on Tuesday voted 40-23 to pass a bill to legalize recreational marijuana. New York Governor Andrew Cuomo said he would sign it after agreeing with state lawmakers on the framework just days ago. The New…