Marijuana

Edible Brands is launching Edibles.com, an e-commerce marketplace for hemp drinks and gummies.

Though parents might assume cannabis shops operate like liquor stores, using routine ID checks to block underage purchases, that’s not what a study found in New York City’s patchwork of unlicensed pot shops.

To test cannabis retailers for the study, research assistant Peter Menzi, 22, helped map more than 800 cannabis shops operating in the five boroughs. I-Team’s Chris Glorioso reports for News 4. 

There were some scary moments for students at a middle school on Long Island Monday when nearly a dozen kids were rushed to the hospital after eating marijuana gummy candies. NBC New York’s Pei-Sze Cheng reports.

A dozen Long Island middle schoolers got sick Monday, and all but one of them went to hospitals for evaluation, after apparently ingesting marijuana gummies, according to police and school officials. Suffolk County cops responded to a call for help at William Floyd Middle School on Moriches Middle Island Road shortly after 10 a.m. They found 12 kids, ages 13…

A Uber Eats delivery driver smelled something funky with the burrito they had just been called to pick up, so the driver called police in a New Jersey town.

Magnolia Bakery has high hopes for its cannabis-infused treats and is expanding to finally sell them in New York.

Chris Barrett, aka the ‘Pizza Pusha,’ is the leader behind Stoned Pizza, an underground, on-site weed consumption lounge and restaurant that has gained attention but also remains illegal in NYC. NBC New York’s Linda Gaudino chats with the entrepreneur who hopes to apply for a consumption license once available in NY.

Nearly 800 illegal marijuana shops have been shut down and more than 41,000 violations issued — amounting to more $65 million in penalties. Gov. Kathy Hochul and NYC Mayor Eric Adams gave an update on the city’s nearly four-month crackdown on illegal cannabis shops known as “Operation Padlock.” NBC New York’s Erica Byfield reports.

Thousands of marijuana shops boldly opened without a license in New York City after the state legalized recreational use of the drug, but after more than a year of lax enforcement, new state rules are finally allowing officials to padlock their doors. New York City’s sheriff’s office says it has shuttered around 700 illegal stores since new state regulations passed in...

Marc Santia reporting on bodegas busted for selling illegal marijuana products. 

Governor Hochul and Mayor Adams hosted a press conference today to discuss the closing of illegal cannabis shops and the effort to open more legal ones. NBC New York’s Erica Byfield reports. 

Martha’s Vineyard is about to run out of pot, prompting a lawsuit. Thousands of registered medical users and recreational ones could be affected.

The owner of seven unlicensed cannabis shops in New York whose promotions included an Easter egg hunt has been fined more than $15 million after state officials complained he repeatedly ignored notices to stop operating without approval, authorities said. A state Supreme Court justice in Lyons, New York, imposed the fine against David Tulley on Wednesday. Acting Justice Richard Healy penalized...

Millions of people in the U.S. report using marijuana daily or nearly every day, and those people now outnumber those who say they are daily or nearly-daily drinkers of alcohol.

The Justice Department officially proposed reclassifying marijuana as a less dangerous drug. News4’s Jackie Bensen explains how it would ease restrictions on cannabis on the federal level if approved.

A proposed rule sent to the federal register recognizes the medical uses of cannabis and acknowledges it has less potential for abuse than some of the nation’s most dangerous drugs.

More raids on illegal cannabis shops could be coming to the five boroughs. Two dozen were shut down today. New York’s Andrew Siff reports. 

The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration has proposed to shift marijuana from a “Schedule I” drug, which includes heroin and LSD, to a less tightly regulated “Schedule III” drug

Sources told NBC News that the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration plans to reclassify marijuana from a Schedule I to a Schedule III drug.