Sentences with phrase «on legalization earlier»
On the state level, Gov. Andrew Cuomo commissioned a study on legalization earlier this year.
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No one knows when or if cannabis will be made legal federally, but Rea highlighted two upcoming milestones to rally the Canopy crowd in the meantime: California is expected to vote on legalization on election day 2016 or earlier, potentially opening sales to adults in an economy larger than Russia's.
Other states to recently legalize medical marijuana include Maryland and Minnesota, which both signed bills into laws earlier this year, while Illinois and New Hampshire both signed on to some form of legalization last year.
Indeed, Cuomo could be a victim of his early and highly consequential successes — the history making legalization of same - sex marriage, a cap on property tax increases, a sweeping gun control law, an ongoing effort to restrain Medicaid growth — from his first term.
In early October Ms. McMillan joined with Howie Hawkins and Ramon Jimenez at a press conference on clemency for non-violent drug offenders and the legalization of marijuana.
In her highest - profile appearance since sitting down with Wendy Williams earlier this month, Nixon articulated her progressive vision with aplomb, touching on everything from gerrymandering to criminal - justice reform to recreational marijuana legalization.
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.
Yehuda Levin, an ultra-conservative and controversial Orthodox rabbi, posted a video on YouTube linking yesterday's quake with New York's legalization of same - sex marriage earlier this summer.
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.
Long is obviously passionately opposed to the legalization of same - sex marriage, but earlier this year, on April 26, he told us on Capital Tonight that the bill should come to the floor for the vote.