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TexasTowelie

(116,783 posts)
Mon Jun 3, 2019, 06:41 AM Jun 2019

With marijuana legalization in doubt, will New York take baby steps?

ALBANY — With the clock ticking, lawmakers at the state Capitol are having intensive, ongoing negotiations over a sweeping bill to legalize the cultivation, distribution, taxation, sales and consumption of marijuana in New York State.

But with questions about whether that will lead to the full-scale legalization, another option is possible: baby steps.

Some states, like Colorado and California, have gone all-in with marijuana legalization. Some have taken more limited approaches.

Consider Vermont, the first state to legalize marijuana via the state Legislature as opposed to statewide ballot measures.

Read more: https://buffalonews.com/2019/06/02/in-marijuana-legalization-efforts-is-there-a-plan-b/

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With marijuana legalization in doubt, will New York take baby steps? (Original Post) TexasTowelie Jun 2019 OP
Illinois became the 2nd state to do so Saturday who did it all be legislative process and a huge beachbum bob Jun 2019 #1
 

beachbum bob

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1. Illinois became the 2nd state to do so Saturday who did it all be legislative process and a huge
Mon Jun 3, 2019, 06:52 AM
Jun 2019

shoutout to our new governor and all the brave legislature who withstood the onslaught of special interest ant-pot lobbies and their out and out lies, distortions and threats

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