New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Monday announced his full support of statewide legalization of recreational marijuana, making it an administration priority for early 2019. “Let’s legalize the adult use of recreational marijuana once and for all,” said Cuomo, a ...

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ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — New York state is hosting three public listening sessions this week in New York City to gather input on proposals to legalize recreational marijuana. The meetings are scheduled for Monday in Queens, Tuesday in Brooklyn and ...

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ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — Marijuana advocates told a New York panel considering legalization that it should be affordable and accessible to everyone rather than enriching corporate producers and state tax coffers. Of about 30 people who spoke at the first ...

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ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — A long-awaited report on marijuana will recommend that New York legalizes the drug, the state’s top health official said Monday. While the report has not yet been finalized, Health Commissioner Howard Zucker said its authors reached ...

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ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — A top lawmaker in New York says that if the state legalizes recreational marijuana it should also consider expunging marijuana-related criminal records that can make it harder for many people to find jobs or housing. Democratic ...

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NEW YORK (AP) — Actress Cynthia Nixon, who is challenging incumbent Gov. Andrew Cuomo for the Democratic nomination, has come out in favor of legalizing recreational marijuana. The New York Times reports Tuesday the “Sex and the City” star told ...

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NEW YORK (AP) — A judge on Monday dismissed a lawsuit challenging federal laws criminalizing marijuana as unconstitutional, saying the five plaintiffs had failed to pursue changes in the drug’s legal status by first going through the Drug Enforcement Administration. ...

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NEW YORK (AP) — Army veteran Jose Belen says the horrors of the Iraq War left him with post-traumatic stress disorder and the drug that helped him cope best with the symptoms was one his Veterans Affairs doctors could not ...

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District Attorney George Gascón said Wednesday that San Francisco will immediately dismiss all marijuana misdemeanor convictions dating to 1975 and will wipe arrest records clean for anyone who faced such charges. The city also plans to review all marijuana felonies ...

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 Vermont Gov. Phil Scott, R, signed a bill Monday legalizing the possession and consumption of marijuana for recreational use in his state. Scott’s signature makes Vermont the first state to approve recreational marijuana legislatively. Eight other states plus the District ...

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LOS ANGELES (AP) — Just as entrepreneurs getting into the retail pot industry need a good lawyer, some of those lawyers might be wise to consult an attorney of their own. Lawyers in the burgeoning business are entering a legal ...

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SIOUX FALLS, S.D. — A cannabis cultivation expert who was prosecuted in South Dakota after working with a Native American tribe trying to open the nation’s first marijuana resort will see his drug case dismissed. A sentence handed down Tuesday ...

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