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New York officially legalized weed Wednesday as Governor Andrew Cuomo signed legislation that will regulate the sale of recreational marijuana for adults and expunge the records of people previously convicted of possession.
New York s marijuana law can finally reverse the drug war s harm
It took years, but the state s new law should be a model for the rest of the country.
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April 2, 2021, 9:31 AM UTC
New York City isn t usually so late to trends. It s been 25 years since California first legalized marijuana for medical use. Almost nine years have passed since Colorado and Washington became the first states to make recreational cannabis legal. But residents of the fourth-largest state, home to the biggest city in the country, and one of the most progressive, had to watch as 13 other states and Washington, D.C., followed suit.
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On March 31, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo (D) signed legislation that would immediately legalize the possession of small amounts of marijuana for persons 21 and older and set the stage for a taxed and regulated legal marijuana market in New York State.In a tweet posted soon after signing the legis.