06-20-2021, 11:06 PM
What Will Legal Cannabis Look Like in New York?
Pot enthusiasts, rejoice: New York has officially legalized the use of recreational marijuana.
Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo signed legislation Wednesday that made New York the latest state to legalize recreational weed, positioning it to quickly become one of the largest legal cannabis markets in the nation.
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The new law ends years of failed attempts to make marijuana legal in the state. It includes provisions to reinvest millions of dollars of tax revenue from selling cannabis into minority communities that were devastated by the war on drugs.
[New York legalizes recreational marijuana, tying move to racial equity.]
Here’s what you need to know:
What is now legal
Individuals are now allowed to possess up to three ounces of cannabis for recreational use, or 24 grams of concentrated forms of the drug, like oils.
New Yorkers are permitted to smoke marijuana wherever smoking tobacco is allowed, though localities and a new state agency could restrict where it can be smoked in public. It is still illegal to smoke weed in schools, workplaces or a car, and in New York City it will be banned in parks, beaches, boardwalks, pedestrian plazas and playgrounds, all places where tobacco smoking is forbidden.
What will eventually be legal
Over the coming months, more changes will go into effect.
People will eventually be able to use marijuana at “consumption sites,” have the drug delivered to their homes and cultivate up to six plants for personal use.
Dispensaries won’t open until more than a year from now, and localities could opt out of allowing them. (The New York Post reported Wednesday that several mayors on Long Island have already said that they planned to forbid the sale of marijuana in their communities.)
Why this took so long
The Democratic Party had made legalizing marijuana an annual priority since taking control of the Legislature in 2018, but the efforts fell apart each year, usually because of disagreements with Mr. Cuomo.
But this year the governor, dogged by calls to resign from members of his party following multiple sexual harassment allegations, made several concessions to push the bill over the line and secure a policy win.
“This is a historic day in New York, one that rights the wrongs of the past by putting an end to harsh prison sentences, embraces an industry that will grow the Empire State’s economy, and prioritizes marginalized communities so those that have suffered the most will be the first to reap the benefits,” Mr. Cuomo said in a statement.
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Many of the areas are copping out of allowing the Gov's new ruling. He screws around with this every time. Then on the day he gets the bill, he changes it. This time, the man is desperate to avoid the scandal with the elders he killed. And the women I reckon.
Knowing NY courts to some degree, and others, I just know that this looks to be much better than it will be in real practice. You still cannot watch a Game Warden Show like northwoods law, that does not have the officers immediately ask: is that mmj i smell in that car? and i have read that they are all trained to ask those questions. Without proof. I have tremendous respect for LE. But i suspect some will do just fine under this new law. Others? For them, it will be mox nix. Of little moment I fear. If u r in the eyes of LE, for whatever reasons, they are gonna find a way to keep u and search all.
And, what about all of those convicted for small possessions or small sales from years past? The Courts are jammed now. Evictions are beginning here.
People are killing each other over renting an apartment or housing. Violence is everywhere. The homeless fill the streets for months now. Including our vets.
I just don't get the vibe that saying MMJ is now legal is gonna be a high point in anyone's day. Tad bit cynic knowing what i know of law and those whom dishonor it continuously.
But it is just cuz Cuomo killed our elders. And wants to keep his job.
Taxes will be big money. However about a year and a half to maybe three ago, cuz covid has messed up my sense of time,(need to relax for awhile and keep unpacking) and i cannot say exactly when, but CA and i believe colorado were hit big time by L E. The premises were legal and were destroyed. So technically legal, yet L E went in and decimated the places of business. Why? The business owners failed to follow the lessons they should of learned from Al Capone days. If the g v t wants to take you down, they hope u don't pay your taxes. Cuz the businesses were legal allegedly just not the way they were run by failure to pay taxes and I bet keep appropriate records. Most of the people running clinics in CA and colorado, the small places, probably use product and don't keep the best of records.
Pure speculation.
Pot enthusiasts, rejoice: New York has officially legalized the use of recreational marijuana.
Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo signed legislation Wednesday that made New York the latest state to legalize recreational weed, positioning it to quickly become one of the largest legal cannabis markets in the nation.
Continue reading the main story
The new law ends years of failed attempts to make marijuana legal in the state. It includes provisions to reinvest millions of dollars of tax revenue from selling cannabis into minority communities that were devastated by the war on drugs.
[New York legalizes recreational marijuana, tying move to racial equity.]
Here’s what you need to know:
What is now legal
Individuals are now allowed to possess up to three ounces of cannabis for recreational use, or 24 grams of concentrated forms of the drug, like oils.
New Yorkers are permitted to smoke marijuana wherever smoking tobacco is allowed, though localities and a new state agency could restrict where it can be smoked in public. It is still illegal to smoke weed in schools, workplaces or a car, and in New York City it will be banned in parks, beaches, boardwalks, pedestrian plazas and playgrounds, all places where tobacco smoking is forbidden.
What will eventually be legal
Over the coming months, more changes will go into effect.
People will eventually be able to use marijuana at “consumption sites,” have the drug delivered to their homes and cultivate up to six plants for personal use.
Dispensaries won’t open until more than a year from now, and localities could opt out of allowing them. (The New York Post reported Wednesday that several mayors on Long Island have already said that they planned to forbid the sale of marijuana in their communities.)
Why this took so long
The Democratic Party had made legalizing marijuana an annual priority since taking control of the Legislature in 2018, but the efforts fell apart each year, usually because of disagreements with Mr. Cuomo.
But this year the governor, dogged by calls to resign from members of his party following multiple sexual harassment allegations, made several concessions to push the bill over the line and secure a policy win.
“This is a historic day in New York, one that rights the wrongs of the past by putting an end to harsh prison sentences, embraces an industry that will grow the Empire State’s economy, and prioritizes marginalized communities so those that have suffered the most will be the first to reap the benefits,” Mr. Cuomo said in a statement.
From The Times
As Cuomo Sought $4 Million Book Deal, Aides Hid Damaging Death Toll
New York Will End Long-Term Solitary Confinement in Prisons and Jails
The Push to Vaccinate 20,000 Holocaust Survivors in New York
How N.Y.C.’s Population Expert Says the City Will Bounce Back
hxxps://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/01/nyregion/marijuana-legalization-new-york.html
Many of the areas are copping out of allowing the Gov's new ruling. He screws around with this every time. Then on the day he gets the bill, he changes it. This time, the man is desperate to avoid the scandal with the elders he killed. And the women I reckon.
Knowing NY courts to some degree, and others, I just know that this looks to be much better than it will be in real practice. You still cannot watch a Game Warden Show like northwoods law, that does not have the officers immediately ask: is that mmj i smell in that car? and i have read that they are all trained to ask those questions. Without proof. I have tremendous respect for LE. But i suspect some will do just fine under this new law. Others? For them, it will be mox nix. Of little moment I fear. If u r in the eyes of LE, for whatever reasons, they are gonna find a way to keep u and search all.
And, what about all of those convicted for small possessions or small sales from years past? The Courts are jammed now. Evictions are beginning here.
People are killing each other over renting an apartment or housing. Violence is everywhere. The homeless fill the streets for months now. Including our vets.
I just don't get the vibe that saying MMJ is now legal is gonna be a high point in anyone's day. Tad bit cynic knowing what i know of law and those whom dishonor it continuously.
But it is just cuz Cuomo killed our elders. And wants to keep his job.
Taxes will be big money. However about a year and a half to maybe three ago, cuz covid has messed up my sense of time,(need to relax for awhile and keep unpacking) and i cannot say exactly when, but CA and i believe colorado were hit big time by L E. The premises were legal and were destroyed. So technically legal, yet L E went in and decimated the places of business. Why? The business owners failed to follow the lessons they should of learned from Al Capone days. If the g v t wants to take you down, they hope u don't pay your taxes. Cuz the businesses were legal allegedly just not the way they were run by failure to pay taxes and I bet keep appropriate records. Most of the people running clinics in CA and colorado, the small places, probably use product and don't keep the best of records.
Pure speculation.
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