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First Washington and Colorado, and now maybe New York. On Wednesday morning, New York state Sen. Liz Krueger, a Manhattan Democrat, unveiled a proposal to fully legalize and tax marijuana in the state. At a press conference at City Hall in downtown Manhattan, Krueger denounced the prohibition of marijuana as a "policy that just hasn't worked."
"The illegal marijuana economy is alive and well," she said, "and our unjust laws are branding nonviolent New Yorkers, especially young adults, as criminals, creating a vicious cycle that ruins lives and needlessly wastes taxpayer dollars." The bill represents the third effort in 2013 to topple legal barriers to pot use in New York state. Proposals to legalize marijuana for seriously ill patients and to fix a loophole in New York's decades-old marijuana decriminalization law both passed the state Assembly earlier this year, but the state Senate adjourned in June without taking action on either measure.
Advocates for pot legalization hope the new bill will fare better, but even they concede that the state's failure to adopt far more modest reforms doesn't bode well for the sweeping new proposal. "It's unlikely that this bill is passing this year," said Gabriel Sayegh, the New York director of the Drug Policy Alliance, a group that advocates for the legalization of all drugs.
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"The illegal marijuana economy is alive and well," she said, "and our unjust laws are branding nonviolent New Yorkers, especially young adults, as criminals, creating a vicious cycle that ruins lives and needlessly wastes taxpayer dollars." The bill represents the third effort in 2013 to topple legal barriers to pot use in New York state. Proposals to legalize marijuana for seriously ill patients and to fix a loophole in New York's decades-old marijuana decriminalization law both passed the state Assembly earlier this year, but the state Senate adjourned in June without taking action on either measure.
Advocates for pot legalization hope the new bill will fare better, but even they concede that the state's failure to adopt far more modest reforms doesn't bode well for the sweeping new proposal. "It's unlikely that this bill is passing this year," said Gabriel Sayegh, the New York director of the Drug Policy Alliance, a group that advocates for the legalization of all drugs.
News Moderator - The General @ 420 MAGAZINE ®
Source: Huffingtonpost.com
Author: Saki Knafo
Contact:Contact us
Website: New York Could Be Third State To Legalize Pot
