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Weed arrest to dispensary owner: Meet the owner of Dazed
Dazed Cannabis, a Black and veteran owned legal dispensary opened in the heart of Union Square, inside the historical Decker Building.
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From weed arrest to dispensary owner: Meet the owner of Dazed
Dazed Cannabis is the fifth legal dispensary to open in the five boroughs and was opened by a Harlem native who was arrested in a 2008 sting operation for trying to by weed.
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Lawsuit to prevent Jersey City police from using pot
City officials are filing a federal lawsuit to keep cops from using legalized pot on and off-duty. Adam Harding reports.
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Cannabis controversy: Jersey City sues state in bid to stop cops from using marijuana
Jersey City leaders are taking their battle over marijuana to federal court — filing a lawsuit arguing cops and cannabis should not mix. “We’re the only state in the country that has legalized cannabis with no set of carve outs at all,” Jersey City Mayor Steven Fulop. Recreational pot has been legal for almost two years in New Jersey, but…
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US regulators want to loosen federal restrictions on marijuana. Here's what that would mean
When it emerged this week that U.S. health regulators are suggesting that the federal government loosen restrictions on marijuana, the news lit up the world of weed.
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New York Pot Regulators Vote to Settle Lawsuit Stalling Upstate Dispensaries
New York marijuana regulators voted Tuesday to settle a federal lawsuit that has blocked them from granting dispensary licenses in the Finger Lakes region. The settlement reviewed at a meeting of the Cannabis Control Board would remove a legal impediment that has slowed the growth of New York’s fledgling marijuana market. The state was sued last year by a...
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You Can't Smoke Weed in City Parks. This Group Wants to Change That.
If you’ve walked through any city park on a nice spring day, chances are you’ve smelled it. New York City has a lot of interesting smells, but for the purpose of this article, we’re talking about cannabis. Marijuana and the people who smoke pot in and around city parks have been a common sight long before New York legalized...
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Meet Vic Styles: Founder of Black Girls Smoke
Black Girls Smoke founder and entrepreneur Vic Styles is pushing for New York City parks to create designated smoking spaces for cannabis consumers. Her “Puff in the Park” rally on 4/20 is one step toward that goal. (Video produced by Kay Angrum)
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NY Doubling Number of Recreational Pot Sellers Statewide
New York is doubling the number of licenses to open cannabis dispensaries across the state. The Cannabis Control Board and the Office of Cannabis Management announced it will increased the number of Conditional Adult-Use Retail Dispensary Licenses that will be issued from the originally planned 150 to 300 licenses. “With this expansion, more entrepreneurs will be able to participate in…
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New Crackdown on Illegal Pot Sales Targets Landlords
New York City continues the crackdown on smoke shops illegally selling cannabis. Gus Rosendale reports.
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You Can't Smoke Pot in Times Square, Even Though It's Legal. Here's Why
NYC’s Smoke Free Air Act prohibits smoking and the use of electronic cigarettes in most public spaces, which includes parks and pedestrian plazas. That means no smoking, of anything, is allowed in Times Square.
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Times Square Posts No Smoking Signs After Complaints of Pot Smell
As many celebrate the legalization of marijuana, not everyone wants to smell it. There have been so many complaints, Times Square is now reminding weed lovers that all smoking is banned from the public plaza, and there are new signs posted to alert everyone. NBC New York’s Myles Miller reports.
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War on Drugs Locked Him Up, Now He's a Cannabis Entrepreneur Running NYC Weed Shop
When the war on marijuana came sweeping through his NYC housing project decades ago, Roland Conner found himself going in and out of jail — now the 50-year-old has opened the state’s first legal cannabis dispensary to be run by someone previously punished under the old, prohibitionist drug laws
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NY's 2nd Legal Cannabis Dispensary Opens For Business: What to Know
The first legal dispensary to be opened up by a formerly-incarcerated individual made its first sale today. Gaby Acevedo reports.
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CT Begins First Legal Sales of Recreational Marijuana
Tracie Strahan reports.
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El Minuto 12/29 English Edition
The first legal dispensary for recreational pot in New York opens Thursday in Manhattan, marking a long-awaited launch of a marijuana industry that could become one of the country’s most lucrative.
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El Minuto 12/22 English Edition
Some snow is possible for NYC as the storm pulls away, but the dramatic temperature drop is the biggest headline. We will go from the 50s midday Friday to below-zero wind chills by dinner time.
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El Minuto 11/18 English Edition
Given all the red tape, the earliest you might expect a New York dispensary to open to adults for recreational use is December — but that’s not so far off.
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First NY Retail Cannabis Licenses to Go Out This Month
New York will begin handing out the first round of retail licenses for recreational marijuana sales, Andrew Siff reports.