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New York will evaluate its troubled recreational marijuana licensing program as lawsuits and bureaucratic stumbles have severely hampered the legal market and black-market sellers have flourished.
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A federal judge has rejected a challenge to New York state's licensing program for selling legal marijuana, a system two California applicants say unconstitutionally discriminates against out-of-state residents.
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Toxicologist Michael Hodgman warns about growing rates of cannabis intoxication in children as marijuana edibles become more available. Family medicine resident Alex Hensel tells about fibromyalgia. Nurses Lia Fischi and Pete Jaskula explain how some people who need hip or knee replacements can go home the same day of their operation.
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Pending the approval of a State Supreme Court judge, the settlement would once again allow recreational cannabis dispensaries to open in New York.
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At a hearing this week, state senators grilled Office of Cannabis Management Executive Director Chris Alexander on steps his agency is taking to close the stores.
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Capitol Bureau Chief Karen DeWitt spoke with Chris Alexander, executive director of the New York Office of Cannabis Management. Here’s an excerpt from that interview.
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There were more complaints this week about New York’s botched legal cannabis rollout, with dozens of farmers and retail store license holders telling the state’s Cannabis Control Board that bureaucratic delays and court injunctions have pushed them to the brink of bankruptcy.
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The first ever Great New York State Cannabis Showcase is running on the same 13-day schedule as the state fair.
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A New York judge has blocked the state's retail marijuana program from issuing or processing dispensary licenses. The ruling on Friday came after a group of veterans sued over rules that allowed people with drug convictions to open the first dispensaries.
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A judge temporarily halted the opening of any new cannabis retail stores and the granting of new licenses after four veterans with disabilities sued. But Heastie says now is not the time to change the rules.