Democratic Gov. Andrew Cuomo is expected to sign legalization into law as soon as Wednesday.
In addition to ending criminal penalties for possession and cultivation of cannabis, the bill allows New Yorkers to grow up to six plants at home—a right not afforded under legalization in nearby New Jersey. New York is the third state to legalize cannabis via a vote in the state Legislature rather than by voter initiative, after Vermont and Illinois.
A plan supported by Cuomo, that would have banned home grow and would have reserved coveted licenses to cultivate and sell cannabis for a few select corporations, was abandoned in 2019 because it did not go far enough towards what advocates called “restorative justice.”
Wish my state would follow in their footsteps
Welcome to brave new world
Progress
Consider this carefully:
It's not like anything is gonna change, people! Only that now less people will be getting busted and having their lives ruined by idiotic laws. The only real bad side effects to Marijuana. There will be no increase, all the same stoned drivers as before just now legal.
Stoned drivers will make NY traffic interesting
Hopefully there will be a load of stoners offloading their xrp for me to gobble up 🌟
XY_Thoth But that doesn't change the fact that the population of New York is 8.3 million. One person could yield a pound of weed from a single plant. If every New Yorker decides to produce a pound of weed, there will be no invasion by cangoroos or penguins, because no one will fight them.
Custodela Yes!
The growing at home is going to open some very interesting retail opportunities.
BeardedChiro
Black market still
Directly to the grave
after 100 years on the worst drugs in America list .. Personally i believe Nicotine has it beat by a mile ..
The posative effect of grow light and grwoingplants is even better than smoking the flower. No more vit d deficiency ...
I'm not seeing the order link... sorry wrong App.
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