marijuana legalization

A new CDC warning is parents to keep edibles laced with a marijuana or CBD byproducts like Delta-8 out of reach of kids. Melissa Russo reports.

The rules focus heavily on what commissioners called equity — a main driver of the legislation because of years of disproportionate enforcement of marijuana laws against Black residents in particular.

One local hospital says they’re now treating at least a couple of young children every month for toxic exposure to edibles – and they’re warning parents to lock up their pot treats.

NBC New York I-Team’s Melissa Russo reports.

Across the country, 18 states have already legalized pot for recreational use.

The New Jersey state attorney general is warning to some companies that claimed to offer no-cost “gift” marijuana along with snacks: there’s no such thing as free munchies.

Drug-sniffing police dogs from around Virginia are being forced into early retirement as the state prepares to legalize adult recreational use of marijuana on July 1

Under pot prohibition, Vladimir Bautista and Ramon Reyes had to operate in the shadows. As co-founders of a cannabis speakeasy called Happy Munkey, they dodged law enforcement, throwing indoor cannabis parties several times a week in Times Square. NBC New York’s Chris Glorioso reports.

New York’s marijuana legalization bill allows for indoor pot consumption lounges, but it is entirely unclear how many there could be or where they will be allowed to operate — likely setting up some heated debates

Rebuilding the iconic Atlantic City Boardwalk to enable it to survive future severe storms; improving the look of the city’s main downtown business districts; helping people in underserved communities, and embracing the “blue economy” of the ocean are among recommendations from a state-appointed panel studying ways to improve the seaside gambling resort. It suggested money from legalized recreational marijuana...

Women who use marijuana during pregnancy are putting their babies at risk, a study published this week finds

The group “Joints for Jabs” handed out J’s in Union Square Park to adults who had an official vaccine card as part of a nationwide vaccination drive.

Farmers dealing with depressed prices for plants that produce CBD are eager to take part in a statewide marijuana market expected to generate billions of dollars a year once retail sales start.

Warrants in more than 1,100 Nassau County cases were dropped on Thursday, as the prosecutor’s office moved to dismiss them in the wake of the legalization of recreational marijuana in New York state as well as the repeal of a 1970s-era prostitution law

The police officers long in charge of enforcing marijuana laws in New York City have new rules of engagement now that recreational marijuana is legal in the state. Under the new law signed Wednesday, New Yorkers are now allowed to smoke marijuana in public settings where it’s legal to smoke a cigarette — a part of the law unique from…

Recreational marijuana may have gotten the green light in Albany earlier this week, but the fight is heating up on Long Island as some are calling for all towns there to “opt out” of selling pot in stores.

One Long Island official is leading a call for all towns on the island to opt out of selling marijuana when it becomes legal in the state. NBC New York’s Greg Cergol reports.

It may now be law, but don’t expect to be able to shop at any New York marijuana dispensaries any time soon — lawmakers said it could be more than a year before that’s possible. NBC New York’s Chris Glorioso reports.

Under a bill signed Wednesday by Governor Andrew Cuomo, New Yorkers over age 21 can now possess up to three ounces of cannabis, and the state will automatically clear criminal records of certain past marijuana-related convictions.

New York has become the 16th state in the U.S. to legalize marijuana after the state Senate and Assembly both voted to approve the bill on Tuesday — and Gov. Andrew Cuomo signed it into law the following day.