http://www.drugnews.org/ Media Awareness Project Drug News en-us Mon, 10 Aug 2026 16:12:54 -0700 Wed, 16 Apr 2025 16:10:02 GMT http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Modperl editor@mapinc.org (MAP Editor) webmaster@mapinc.org (MAP Webmaster) http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v21/n003/a01.html New York Times, 01 Apr 2021 - After years of stalled attempts, New York State has legalized the use of recreational marijuana, enacting a robust program that will reinvest millions of dollars of tax revenues from cannabis in minority communities ravaged by the decades-long war on drugs. Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo signed the cannabis legislation on Wednesday, a day after the State Legislature passed the bill following hours of debate among lawmakers in Albany. Thu, 01 Apr 2021 07:00:00 GMT http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v21/n003/a01.html http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v21/n002/a03.html New York Times, 26 Mar 2021 - State lawmakers finalized a deal on Thursday to legalize recreational marijuana in New York, paving the way for a potential $4.2 billion industry that could create tens of thousands of jobs and become one of the largest markets in the country. Following several failed attempts, lawmakers in Albany struck an agreement with Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo to legalize cannabis for adults 21 and older, a move that officials hope will help end years of racially disproportionate policing that saw Black and Hispanic people arrested on low-level marijuana charges far more frequently than white people. Fri, 26 Mar 2021 07:00:00 GMT http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v21/n002/a03.html http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v21/n000/a007.html Wall Street Journal, 17 Feb 2021 - ALBANY, N.Y.-New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo said Tuesday that he would amend his proposal to regulate and tax recreational marijuana in hopes that the drug could be legalized as part of the state budget due by April 1. The amended proposal would allow for delivery services and reduce the penalty for people who unlawfully sell marijuana to a person under the age of 21. It would also add specificity to a social-equity fund that the Democratic governor said would help revitalize communities that have been most harmed by the war on drugs. He said the amendments reflected conversations with lawmakers. Wed, 17 Feb 2021 08:00:00 GMT http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v21/n000/a007.html http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v19/n021/a05.html New York Times, 13 Sep 2019 - Police officers can often justify a search with six words: "I smelled an odor of marijuana." Courts in New York have long ruled if a car smells like marijuana smoke, the police can search it - and, according to some judges, even the occupants - without a warrant. Fri, 13 Sep 2019 07:00:00 GMT http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v19/n021/a05.html http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v19/n018/a02.html New York Times, 29 Aug 2019 - Even as states across the country have legalized marijuana, potentially opening the door to a multibillion dollar industry, the impact of marijuana criminalization is still being felt by people - mostly black and Hispanic - whose records are marked by low-level convictions related to the drug. But on Wednesday, New York began the process of expunging many of those records, as part of a new state law to reduce penalties associated with marijuana-related crimes, a spokesman for Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo confirmed. Thu, 29 Aug 2019 07:00:00 GMT http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v19/n018/a02.html http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v19/n013/a01.html Independent, 30 Jul 2019 - New York has decriminalised the use of marijuana - becoming the 16th US state to do so. The move, which would make possession of a small amount of the drug a violation rather than a felony, was signed into law by governor Andrew Cuomo. Tue, 30 Jul 2019 07:00:00 GMT http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v19/n013/a01.html http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v19/n008/a02.html New York Times, 20 Jun 2019 - ALBANY - New York's plan to legalize marijuana this year collapsed on Wednesday, dashing hopes for a potential billion-dollar industry that supporters said would create jobs in minority communities and end decades of racially disproportionate policing. Democratic lawmakers had been in a headlong race to finalize an agreement before the end of the legislative session this week. But persistent disagreement about how to regulate the industry, as well as hesitation from moderate lawmakers, proved insurmountable. Thu, 20 Jun 2019 07:00:00 GMT http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v19/n008/a02.html http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v19/n005/a02.html New York Times, 04 Jun 2019 - Dr. James S. Ketchum, an Army psychiatrist who in the 1960s conducted experiments with LSD and other powerful hallucinogens using volunteer soldiers as test subjects in secret research on chemical agents that might incapacitate the minds of battlefield adversaries, died on May 27 at his home in Peoria, Ariz. He was 87. His wife, Judy Ketchum, confirmed the death on Monday, adding that the cause had not been determined. Tue, 04 Jun 2019 07:00:00 GMT http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v19/n005/a02.html http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v18/n000/a041.html Morning Call, 07 Sep 2018 - Tens of thousands of low-level marijuana convictions could be erased with the OK of Brooklyn's top prosecutor, under a new plan for wiping records clean of offenses no longer being prosecuted in parts of the nation's biggest city. District Attorney Eric Gonzalez announced Friday he is inviting people to request conviction dismissals. He expects prosecutors will consent in the great majority of a potential 20,000 cases since 1990 and an unknown number of older ones. Fri, 07 Sep 2018 07:00:00 GMT http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v18/n000/a041.html