Articles tagged with "New York"
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The Shake: Chong Gets Burned by Bernie Campaign, Canada to See Same-Day Delivery
Ben Adlin - Published on May 24, 2016Read moreCannabis crowdfunding is here, a GOP congressman admits to using while in office, and should you be brushing your teeth with bud?
The Shake: Reefer Badness in NYC and a Republican in South Carolina Touts Medical Cannabis
Lisa Rough - Published on May 23, 2016Read moreNYC Police Commissioner blames cannabis for the city’s violence but shrugs at its heroin epidemic — that and more in today’s Shake roundup.
NYPD’s ‘200 Pounds of Marijuana’ Tweet Inspires Critical Backlash
Bruce Barcott - Published on May 12, 2016Read moreIf the precinct thought its triumphant cannabis-bust announcement would inspire attaboys from the locals, it was sorely mistaken.
The Shake: Turns Out Baby Boomers Love Cannabis. Vermont, Not So Much
Ben Adlin - Published on May 2, 2016Read moreOregon issues the first adult-use licenses, Colorado sees yet another recall, and a new study says legalization doesn’t make cannabis any easier for teens to obtain.
U.N. Hears Major Differences on Global Approach to Drug Use
The Associated Press - Published on April 21, 2016Read moreThe first U.N. General Assembly special session to address global drug policy in nearly 20 years heard major differences on the approach to drug use on its second day on Wednesday.
Canada Will Bring Legalization Measure in Early 2017
Bruce Barcott - Published on April 20, 2016Read morePrime Minister Justin Trudeau plans to introduce legalization legislation in the spring of 2017, the country’s health minister announced on Wednesday.
The U.N. Already Blasted Legalization and the Conference Just Started
Bruce Barcott - Published on April 19, 2016Read moreWerner Sipp, president of the U.N.’s International Narcotics Control Board, pooh-poohed the idea of cannabis legalization and “so-called ‘new approaches’” to drug policy.
The Shake: The Feds’ Big Eradication Spend and the Massachusetts Smackdown
Ben Adlin - Published on April 15, 2016Read moreMore and more doctors want cannabis to be legal, Mexico’s president is MIA from the U.N. summit, and did someone say, “dragon balls”?
The Shake: The New Yorker’s Licensing Fail and a Very Sad Alabama Mother
Bruce Barcott - Published on March 22, 2016Read moreMassachusetts AG tells voters to hold their horses, California legalization gets a predictable endorsement, and the New Yorker weighs in on licensing.
The Shake: The Shire’s Pipe Weed Shortage, a Safer St. Paddy’s, and Whitewashing the Green Rush
Ben Adlin - Published on March 17, 2016Read moreAn effort’s underway to expand New York’s medical program, Oregon officials answer industry questions, and more evidence that legalization doesn’t encourage teen use.