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For years the United States worried about drugs crossing our borders from other countries, now it seems other countries are crossing our border to get into drugs. Namely – cannabis. While most believe that the U.S. is conservative in its approach to marijuana, the recent push for legalization has suddenly thrust...
On the heels of the deadline for pot growers to submit applications to hold one of five licenses to supply New York with medical marijuana comes news that the state’s newfound cannabis industry has gained the support of many influential hospitals.
If the border patrol is just becoming the DEA with a new name, we have some serious problems on our hands. One such incident occurred in early May near the New York/Canadian border.
New York State has begun accepting applications for its medical marijuana licenses this week. Applicants can submit questions through May 5th and the Department of Health Services (DOH) must answer those questions by May 14th. The deadline for filing an application is May 29th. The nonrefundable application fee is $10,000 and the registration fee is $200,000.
A shocking example of this comes in form of the arrest and subsequent abuse of business woman Kam Brock — a black woman who was pulled over while driving her BMW through Harlem.
When New York State’s lawmakers were mulling legalizing the medical use of marijuana last summer, some proponents feared that the proposed law was so restrictive that it would prevent many patients from receiving the drug. Now ...
New York City Police Commissioner William Bratton recently took to the podium and directly blamed marijuana for a jump in the city's homicide rate.
Tragedy has struck Dell's Maraschino Cherries in a recent Brooklyn police raid, when owner Arthur Mondella, shot and killed himself in a suicide when police discovered his cannabis grow operation.
New York's upcoming medical marijuana program will look nothing like California's, where “green cards” may be issued for everything from insomnia to headaches. Instead, the highly restrictive program will allow medical marijuana for only “a handful” of New Yorkers with certain conditions, and even they ...
Cannabis is working its way into many mainstream aspects of our culture, and now culinary cannabis is starting to take hold as a legitimate culinary art.
New York could be well on its way to legalizing a recreational marijuana market. Earlier this week, State Senator Liz Krueger teamed up with Assembly Member Crystal People-Stokes to hold a public hearing over a piece of legislation entitled the “Marijuana Regulation and Taxation Act,” which aims to establish ...
Last week New York City police shifted their policy of cannabis enforcement to one that is less harsh for those found in possession of cannabis.
While Saturday Night Live has always had a fair share of great bits on marijuana dating way back, this latest episode certainly showed that it's moving more into the mainstream.
This pin and dab's dedicated to the day New York dabs in peace. Shouts out to my soldiers in Brooklyn and Strong Island doing it anyway.
Enter Jennifer Garam, stage left. She recently penned an article that Time published called "I Don’t Want to Smell Your Pot Smoke and I Don’t Think it Should Be Legalized."
New York state lawmakers and advocates of medical marijuana gathered at an expo in New York City on Sunday to discuss the implementation of a new state law authorizing medical marijuana.
Here's the latest major medical marijuana news around the United States from the past week, as of October 01, 2014:
Less than a year after he opposed the use of medical marijuana, Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo is now asking the U.S. Justice Department for a waiver to permit the state to import limited amounts of marijuana for the treatment of seriously ill children and young adults who suffer from rare seizure disorders.
