Sentences with phrase «legalization issues»

De Blasio and Cuomo are opposed, but Cuomo said the state will study the legalization issue, which de Blasio supports.

«We announced months ago that we were going to study the legalization issue precisely for that reason,» Cuomo told reporters this week.

Carla Lowe: We organized CALM four years ago as a political action committee, we're all volunteers, when we realized that the legalization issue was going to make the California ballot, and we needed to be able to speak out differently than we have done for 37 years as 501c3 groups, going way back to the late 70s when we founded the very beginning of the basic parent movement that saw what marijuana was about and what it was doing to our kids.

Not exact matches

But now legalization stateside is forcing the issue onto the national agenda.

Session's stance on this issue also diverges from public opinion: More Americans than ever support the legalization of marijuana.

A majority of Democrats have supported legalization since 2009 and independents first saw majority support for the issue in 2010.

The issue of marijuana has become a hot potato politically, as Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau calls for legalization of recreational marijuana, and the Conservatives oppose the move, saying it would only increase use, especially among youth.

Nixon may not succeed in her primary challenge against Cuomo, but her platform's popularity among progressives may wind up shifting Cuomo on the issue of marijuana legalization.

Tree said that broad public support for decriminalization or legalization has yet to carry over to the majority of legislators — with notable exceptions — «since they have to worry about reelection and drugs are still perceived to be a potent third - rail issue with which to smear opponents.»

There have been questions about how the new administration will handle the issue of marijuana legalization ever since Trump announced Jeff Sessions as his pick for U.S. Attorney General.

«I think states» rights is a mainstream issue and legalization advocates have found a clever way to fit their policy into states» rights.»

Cannabis legalization, an issue that 68 percent of Millennials support, will likely be on the ballot in at least seven key states.

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But Justice Minister Peter MacKay's statement Wednesday signalled the issue is still on the government's radar — at a time when the opposition parties are pushing decriminalization or full legalization.

The meeting came just one day before the pope met with Kim Davis, the Kentucky County Clerk who made national headlines for refusing to issue marriage licenses because of her opposition to the Supreme Court's legalization of same sex marriage.

The Democratic Platform Drafting Committee has officially approved a plank involving the legalization of same - sex marriage for the first time, meaning that the issue will likely become part of the...

The ongoing public debate over the legalization of assisted suicide draws participants whose primary concern is not the issue itself but who find it the ideal occasion to advance collateral social initiatives.

We could call this problem the «legalization» of debate, meaning not whether something is legal, but instead the conversion of moral, social, religious, and other dimensions of an issue into legal, or legalistic, terms, or at least the neglect of them because of a focus on what the judges will say.

This was not because the economy was poor, but rather because the legalization of abortion changed sexual mores and shifted attitudes toward the issue.

The landscape is changing: Two months ago, experts proclaimed the legalization of gay marriage «a blue state thing,» but the ruling on Utah's same - sex marriage law and similar appeals in Oklahoma and Texas are pushing the issue to red states.

The Democratic Platform Drafting Committee has officially approved a plank involving the legalization of same - sex marriage for the first time, meaning that the issue will likely become part of the Democratic Party's official platform.

The more details people hear about the issue beyond emotional appeals and bromides of «choice,» the less people tend to support legalization.

Drug laws have also fostered drug - related murders and an estimated 40 percent of all property crime in the U.S. Ethan A. Nadelmann, whose article «Drug Prohibition in the United States» in the September 1, 1989, issue of Science has been a major catalyst for public discussion of legalization, argues that «the greatest beneficiaries of the drug laws are organized and unorganized drug traffickers.

(CNN)- Televangelist Pat Robertson is raising eyebrows, and cheers from activists who are usually his opponents on political issues, by calling for the legalization of marijuana.

1978 — Charlie Papazian and Charlie Matzen form the American Homebrewers Association (AHA) in Boulder, Colo., with the publication of the first issue of Zymurgy magazine, announcing the new organization, publicizing the federal legalization of homebrewing and calling for entries in the first AHA National Homebrew Competition.

At his fourth consecutive press conference on an AG issue (for the record, I can't recall a time when he has been this visible this many days in a row), Cuomo was asked how big of a priority he would make the legalization of gay marriage, assuming he's elected.

They may have to actually show how they intend to solve these problems and even adress sensible issues such as abortion and legalization of drugs.

HTC, a small but influential labor union that has played pivotal rolls at the Capitol in recent years on issues like the legalization of casino gaming, worked with the Real Estate Board of New York to counter a well - funded campaign backed by Airbnb.

Asked about the call from his primary opponent, Cynthia Nixon, to legalize marijuana, Cuomo insisted New York is not, in fact, dragging behind other states on this issue, pointing to the study he commissioned in January to look at full legalization.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo has expressed concerns about recreational marijuana as a «gateway drug,» although in recent months, as New Yorkers have signaled their growing support for legalization, he has suggested he is willing to consider the issue.

While Vance's announcement is progress in the sense that it lets Gov. Andrew Cuomo know where Manhattan stands on the issue, a statewide legalization is the only way substantive transformation can occur, he said.

Support is growing in the state Legislature for a full - scale legalization of medical marijuana, an issue that likely will be among a handful of battles in the Capitol over the next few months.

Regardless of actual effects of the drug itself, the issue of legalization / prohibition is mainly an issue of people that see the marihuana use as part of a lifestyle they want / they do not want and that is what fuels the debate.

Now, the issue is if legalization has benefits that outweights 1).

But from what is public about their toxic relationship, Brown didn't practice tough love... he was an enablear.Whitney's tragedy should not be used to defend the counterproductive war on drugs.This war has failed; mainly serves the money intererts of the prison / industrial complex; and has strongly curtailed our civil liberties.Insteaed, Houston's tragedy should be used to argue the position that drugs and drug addiction is a medical issue, not a criminal issue.The war on drugs should be reconfigured, beginning with the legalization of medical pot

A subplot to these endorsements has been Cuomo's reminder that he successfully pushed for the legalization of same - sex marriage in 2011, a development that spurred President Obama to change his mind publicly on the issue.

Among other criminal justice issues raised by Hawkins and the Green Party candidates were: establishment of a statewide Public Defenders Office; legalization of marijuana; Broken Windows policy; justice for Eric Garner; raising the age of adult criminal responsibility to 18; banning solitary confinement; educational opportunities for prisoners; assistance to help ex-offenders find employment and housing; and alternatives to incarceration.

[28] The legal status of MMA had been a state political issue for years; the state Senate passed legalization legislation seven times over six years, but the bills were not taken up by the State Assembly.

Advocates have noted legalization would address the issue of low - level marijuana possession arrests, which disproportionately affect communities of color, particularly in New York.

Hawkins not only supports but organizes on issues such as a $ 15 minimum wage, a ban on fracking, 100 % clean energy by 2030, full public campaign financing, single payer health care, the legalization of marijuana, worker rights, taxing the rich, an end to the New Jim Crow and mass incarceration, universal child care... the list goes on and on.

«We recognize that opening up the state constitution would also touch on a lot of issues well beyond marijuana legalization, many of which could potentially end up being altered in ways that would hurt our members or our allies, who live more than single — issue lives,» Moore said.

The 52 - year - old Takoma Park resident, who is a professor at American University Washington College of Law, has focused his energy on a number of civil rights and constitutional issues in both the academic and legislative arenas, including marijuana legalization, campaign finance, and voting rights.

The debate over legalization of medical marijuana could become one of the high profile issues lawmakers tackle.

She's also pushing hard for the legalization of marijuana in New York, and recommitted to the issues she's advocated for years, including LGBTQ and women's rights and adequate funding for public education.

Earlier this year, Cuomo announced the formation of a commission to study the issue of broad marijuana legalization in neighboring states and its impact on New York.

The US Senate Judiciary Committee held a first - ever hearing on the issue of marijuana legalization and the tension between state and federal marijuana laws.

Cuomo has often spoken of issues in New York having an impact on the rest of the country, ranging from the passage of new gun control laws to the legalization of same - sex marriage.

That also gives time for other issues, such as the legalization of mixed martial arts in New York.

New Yorkers For Constitutional Freedoms, a group that vehemently opposed the legalization of same - sex marriage, is calling on Gov. Andrew Cuomo to apologize for comments he made during a panel discussion on the issue earlier this month.

The state Conservative Party released its annual legislative rankings today and reported that both the Senate and Assembly improved their overall standing during the 2011 session despite voting in favor of the legalization of same - sex marriage — an issue the party vehemently opposed.