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The New York State Parent Teacher Association, with the support of health advocates and law enforcement, asked Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Monday to remove the legalization of recreational marijuana from the state budget. Cuomo included a path to legalized cannabis in this year’s budget, which proposed taxing marijuana to pay […]
A coalition of parents, health experts, educators and former drug addicts are asking lawmakers to “slow down” and think through the real-life effects of commercializing recreational marijuana in New York. A recent press conference in the Capitol was organized by Smart Approaches to Marijuana, or S.A.M., and was led by […]