Advocates, Cuomo disagree on status of marijuana legalization talks
Marijuana advocates say negotiations at the state Capitol to legalize the drug for adult use have been halted as Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo and legislative leaders this week try to nail down the final pieces of a state budget agreement. Sources with knowledge of the matter said a number... Read more
Recreational marijuana in New York: More counties say they will opt out
ALBANY – County leaders are lining up to opt out of allowing legal marijuana sales even if New York legalizes the drug. Executives in Rockland, Putnam and Chemung counties told the USA TODAY Network’s Albany Bureau this week they will recommend prohibiting marijuana sales within their borders should Gov. Andrew... Read more
New York marijuana: What to know about black-market forces threatening recreational pot
Law enforcement agencies have detailed a variety of ways the marijuana black market circumvents rules and laws that will hurt New York’s efforts to control the legalized distribution of the drug. New York’s recreational marijuana battle sits on the front line of a generational war over American cannabis laws.... Read more
NYC bodega owners rally for right to sell marijuana when its legalized
They want in on this budding industry. New York City bodega owners rallied in The Bronx on Sunday morning to urge state politicians to allow them to sell marijuana in the city’s 15,000 stores when the green is ultimately legalized. “Rather than drug peddling outside of these bodegas, we... Read more
As CBD crackdown spreads, New York politician vows to halt ‘overreaction’
More restaurants and facilities nationwide report they can’t sell CBD anymore, even as an official in New York City vows to turn back the Big Apple’s crackdown on CBD use in eateries. In the past week, enforcement letters and product seizures spread to new jurisdictions, a response to December comments... Read more
Beyond the Crackdown: New York Classifies Hemp-CBD as a Dietary Supplement (Part Two)

This post is part two of two on how New York is regulating CBD.  On Monday, I wrote about the New York City Department of Health’s (“DOH”) recent crackdown on Hemp-CBD in food and how it was consistent with the New York State Department of Agriculture’s (“Department”) FAQs on hemp-derived CBD (“Hemp CBD”). In summary,…

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Beyond the Crackdown: New York Classifies Hemp-CBD as a Dietary Supplement (Part One)

This post is part one of two on how the State of New York is regulating CBD.  Last week, New York City’s Department of Health (“DOH”) quarantined a number of edible products that contained hemp-derived CBD (“Hemp-CBD”) and announced that Hemp-CBD would not be allowed in food products in the City. Eater first broke the…

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New York assembly speaker casts doubt on quick marijuana legalization
New York’s Democratic lawmakers and Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo may not be able to hammer out a deal on legalizing adult-use marijuana in the next two months, according to Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie. In remarks Thursday following a criminal justice event in Manhattan, the speaker discounted the possibility of... Read more
Cities, towns could opt-out under Andrew Cuomo’s New York marijuana plan
Cities and towns in New York would still be able to ban marijuana sales under Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s soon-to-be-released plan to legalize the drug statewide. Cuomo, a Democrat, is expected to unveil his full recreational marijuana proposal Tuesday as part of his budget plan and State of the State address, which... Read more
It’s high time to decriminalize marijuana in New York, Democratic leaders are saying. Come the start of the legislative session in January, Gov. Andrew Cuomo will reveal a “green new deal” of his own. Details are scarce, but the governor’s team promised it would consider the recommendations that the... Read more
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