Sentences with phrase «planned by marijuana»

In the thread, organizers debated whether to crash an upcoming press conference planned by marijuana advocates to celebrate NYPD commissioner Ray Kelly ordering officers to halt arrests over possession of small amounts of marijuana.

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They are especially troubled by Trump's planned Attorney General nomination of Alabama Sen. Jeff Sessions, a vocal opponent of marijuana legalization.

The latest trigger for investors was a recent CBC report that the Liberal government would stick to its plan to table legislation for recreational marijuana production, distribution and use this spring, and have laws in effect by July 1, 2018.

Ontario was the first province to announce a detailed plan to sell and distribute marijuana after the federal government announced it would legalize recreational pot by this summer.

Tradiv is set to launch in Oregon's recreational marijuana market by October and plans a beta launch in California before year's end.

While Trudeau presses ahead for legalization of marijuana by next summer, some provinces say they need more time to plan for heavy lifting on regulating and policing legal pot sales.

The state Democratic Party plans to pass a resolution at its convention next week to endorse the legalization of marijuana, according to a draft document obtained by The Post.

Clinton plans to reschedule marijuana if she is elected in November, according to a statement issued by the campaign.

Instead, the Manhattan - based group is focusing on legislation to legalize and regulate marijuana — such as a plan proposed by Assemblywoman Crystal Peoples - Stokes, a Buffalo Democrat, and Sen. Liz Krueger, a Manhattan Democrat.

The Assembly one - house budget also increases the environmental protection fund by $ 10 million dollars, bringing the total up to $ 167 million, and offers a more expansive plan to permit medical marijuana in New York.

The Cuomo administration's plan to grant five more licenses to produce and sell medical marijuana — a decision is expected by July 1 — troubles him.

The limited plan was greeted by some in Cuomo's Democratic base, though advocates want a more sweeping legalization of marijuana.

And while his base may want more, Mr. de Blasio can point to several police reforms in his first year: a dramatic drop in the number of people stopped by police; a staggering decline in marijuana arrests thanks to a policy change; a plan to roll out body cameras in accordance with a federal lawsuit.

Cuomo's medical marijuana plan will be enacted by administratively, not through legislation, and will be more restrictive than programs in some other states like California.

Monday was the first full session of the New York State Legislature and supporters of medical marijuana attended an Assembly hearing in support of a limited plan put forth by Governor Andrew Cuomo.

PharmaCann LLC and Bloomfield Industries, two other companies awarded medical marijuana licenses by the state, also plan to open dispensaries in Onondaga County.

Cuomo's medical marijuana plan will be enacted by executive order, not legislation, and will be more restrictive than programs in some other states like California.

Even though Obama said in 2008 that he considered the «basic concept of using medical marijuana for the same purposes and with the same controls as other drugs prescribed by doctors... entirely appropriate» and did not plan on using the DOJ's resources to circumvent state laws, the department has continued to raid, and in some cases shut down, dispensaries and cultivation facilities in at least nine state since he took office.

The Assembly one - house budget also increases the environmental protection fund by $ 10 million, bringing the total up to $ 167 million, and offers a more expansive plan to permit medical marijuana in New York.

State Senator Diane Savino, who strongly supports legalizing medical marijuana after seeing several family members die painful deaths from cancer, told Capital that Governor Andrew Cuomo's pot plan is simply «unworkable» and unlikely to be approved by the federal government.

Critics of the program's limited scale, including State Senator Diane Savino and Assembly health committee chairman Richard Gottfried, said the governor's plan also relies on an unstable source for the drug's supply, and could potentially use marijuana seized by law - enforcement officials, instead of the purified and specially - grown strains developed to treat specific medical conditions.

Another stalled piece of legislation was the plan to reduce penalties for public possession of small amounts of marijuana — which has been linked to a surge in arrests of young black and Latino men who have been stopped - and - frisked by police officers in New York City.

In the four months after Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced his plan to legalize medical marijuana through an existing law, evidence of progress has been hard to come by.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo's health commissioner, Dr. Nirav Shah, told lawmakers at a recent budget hearing that he prefers the governor's plan for limited medical marijuana in New York, rather than a broader program backed by some in the legislature.

I hadn't planned on becoming a medical marijuana doctor, especially not as a nerdy kid raised by conservative Indian parents.

Promising to make up the debt by smuggling in a «small» amount of marijuana from Mexico, he comes up with a plan.

Ontario is planning for the sale and distribution of recreational marijuana to be overseen by the LCBO.

Earlier this summer, the federal government stated that it would stay «firm» on its plan to legalize marijuana by next year, even if it has to «backstop» any provinces that are not ready to tax or distribute the drug by that time.

Mr. Skinner's multiple claims for coverage were all denied on the basis that marijuana wasn't approved by Health Canada under the Food and Drugs Act, does not have a drug identification number and is therefore not an approved drug under the plan.

In addition to the need for labor lawyers, tax and business - transactions lawyers will become more and more in demand as state - level medical and recreation marijuana reforms create new needs for new businesses to sort through new tax laws and business - planning challenges posed by operating a state - permitted marijuana business.