New York’s Medical Marijuana Program? “Hard … to Celebrate This as a Success” January 21, 2016 AggregatedNews New York, Policy & Legal 0 Comments It took eighteen months from the moment Governor Andrew Cuomo signed the bill that created the state's first medical marijuana program until it finally launched on January 7. During that time there's been plenty of hype, hand-wringing, and — at… Read More→
Did New York Gov. Cuomo Set Up Medical Marijuana to Fail? January 15, 2016 AggregatedNews New York, News & Insights, Policy & Legal 0 Comments A week after New York State’s medical marijuana program officially opened January 7, it’s slowly expanding—but none of the 25 to 30 activist patients who campaigned hardest for it have been able to get any medicine. “I have not yet… Read More→
How New York Totally Screwed Up Legalizing Medical Marijuana January 12, 2016 AggregatedNews New York, Policy & Legal 0 Comments Manhattan's first and only medical marijuana dispensary is like a fortress. To enter the building, located on 14th Street, patients have to pass through two security systems before they even encounter another human. First, they flash their medical marijuana card… Read More→
Buffalo Lawyer Is First in New York to Focus on Medical Marijuana January 11, 2016 AggregatedNews CBE Policy & Employment Law updates, News & Insights 0 Comments Marc S. Gromis worked as a federal prosecutor for 15 years, going after scam artists who cheated people out of their money. He retired in 2002 as chief of white collar crime prosecutions in the U.S. Attorney’s office in Buffalo.… Read More→
New York’s Dispensaries Are Opening Today — But Not Very Many of Them January 7, 2016 AggregatedNews New York, Policy & Legal, Retail 0 Comments When New York’s medical marijuana program launches today (January 7), only one of the four dispensaries planned for New York City will open its doors — a retail site near Union Square owned by Columbia Care. Throughout the state, eight… Read More→
New York Ready to Launch Medical Marijuana Program on Jan. 7 January 5, 2016 AggregatedNews New York, Policy & Legal 0 Comments ALBANY — State officials will formally launch New York’s medical marijuana program on Thursday and at least one city pot dispensary expects to be ready. “New York State's Medical Marijuana Program is scheduled to launch on January 7, 2016, just… Read More→
Will New York’s Medical Marijuana Program Launch This Month as Planned? January 4, 2016 AggregatedNews New York, Policy & Legal 0 Comments Nearly 18 months after the Compassionate Care Act was signed into law, medical marijuana advocates say they fear the state’s new highly restrictive program won’t be ready this month, as planned. “I know they want to go slow on this… Read More→
Kosher Medical Marijuana Is Coming to New York December 31, 2015 AggregatedNews New York, News & Insights 0 Comments The Orthodox Union, which bills itself as offering "the world's most recognized and trusted kosher certification," has decided after nearly a year of deliberation that pot is not only acceptable under Jewish law, but using it while sick is a… Read More→
New York’s Medical Marijuana Companies Getting Ready for January Launch December 21, 2015 AggregatedNews New Mexico, Policy & Legal 0 Comments It's been nearly 18 months since Gov. Andrew Cuomo signed legislation to legalize medical marijuana, and with only a few weeks left before the Compassionate Care Act is due to take effect, the five companies licensed to grow and sell cannabis are… Read More→
Medical Marijuana on Track in New York … But Big Questions Still Remain December 14, 2015 AggregatedNews New York, Policy & Legal 0 Comments New York health officials and the manufacturers say they are on track to start providing medical marijuana to critically ill patients next month. Questions remain, however, over whether doctors and patients will be enrolled in the system quickly enough to… Read More→
Will New York Doctors Be Ready to Start Prescribing Medical Marijuana? December 10, 2015 AggregatedNews New York, Policy & Legal 0 Comments New York's medical marijuana program is due to launch next month, but the question of when all qualifying patients — roughly 500,000 or one in 40 residents across the state — will be able to purchase cannabis still has advocates… Read More→
Medical Marijuana Seems to Be a Non-Starter in New York December 4, 2015 AggregatedNews New York, Policy & Legal 0 Comments New York's five licensed medical marijuana companies insist they will have the majority of their combined 20 dispensaries open by mid-January's launch date, despite setbacks. Patient advocates and state politicians, however, aren't so sure. Even if the dispensaries do open… Read More→
New York Marijuana Arrests Drop 40% as the NYPD Mellows Out November 23, 2015 AggregatedNews News & Insights 0 Comments Cops are following through on New York Mayor de Blasio’s pledge to stop locking people up for carrying small amounts of pot. Police cuffed 18,120 stoners through Oct. 20 — a 40 percent plummet from the 29,906 pot busts in the… Read More→
New York OKs Plan to Speed Access to Medical Marijuana For Seriously Ill November 12, 2015 AggregatedNews New York, Policy & Legal 0 Comments Gov. Andrew Cuomo has approved legislation that will provide seriously ill patients with emergency access to medical marijuana before the state's new medical marijuana program starts in January. The bill approved today will speed up access to medical marijuana if… Read More→
Cannabis Start-Ups are Springing Up in New York City November 6, 2015 AggregatedNews Retail 0 Comments There may be only five licensed medical-marijuana companies in New York state, but that doesn't mean local entrepreneurs are going to let them have all the fun. Selling products such as luxury weed accessories and industrial grow lights, New York… Read More→