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New York governor signs bill decriminalizing marijuana use

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D) on Monday signed a bill decriminalizing the use of marijuana in the state and expunge the records of some people convicted on cannabis-related charges.”Com…

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New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D) on Monday signed a bill decriminalizing the use of marijuana in the state and expunge the records of some people convicted on cannabis-related charges.

"Communities of color have been disproportionately impacted by laws governing marijuana for far too long, and today we are ending this injustice once and for all," Cuomo said in a statement.

"By providing individuals who have suffered the consequences of an unfair marijuana conviction with a path to have their records expunged and by reducing draconian penalties, we are taking a critical step forward in addressing a broken and discriminatory criminal justice process."

The new bill, approved by New York's state legislature earlier this year, will reduce unlawful marijuana possession to a misdemeanor punishable by a fine.

Its 420 all the time BOI!

Good move by NYC.

 

[God Enel]

Good job NY. Hope that Germany will follow one day.

And I never smoked weed and never will.

 

[Slings and Arrows]

Come on UK, let go of your draconian idealogy and legalise it ffs. Tax it and make a killing.

OT have fun NY420ers!

 

[Tesseract]

i should move to new york

 

[EverydayBeast]

Good sign, I could see this bringing valuable business even if you're paying a little more than street value because next to dispensaries will be doctors offices where you accumulate medical cards.

 

[godhandiscen]

Nice. During my last stay in Manhattan, I had a lot of alone time, and I wish I could have been stoned while walking around the parks.

 

[jtt935]

It's been way past time to federally decriminalize this. The amount of extra revenue the states could bring in would actually be useful for things like infrastructure but I suppose it just makes too much sense.

 

[MiyazakiHatesKojima]

4/20 truthers ITT.

 

[triplestation]

a big step closer but practically not much of a change

im feeling like ill be able to buy that shit in a corner store in another year or two

 

[JimiNutz]

Come on UK, let go of your draconian idealogy and legalise it ffs. Tax it and make a killing.

OT have fun NY420ers!

At a time when our economy is likely to take a huge hit due to Brexit, the tax revenue that would be generated by legal weed would be most welcome.

 

[SLoWMoTIoN]

a big step closer but practically not much of a change

im feeling like ill be able to buy that shit in a corner store in another year or two

I can't wait for the ads that tell people about how marijuana causes more cancer than regular cigs. I mean we are already getting anti vape commercials. That is what I'm looking forward to in the year (2021).

 

[Rentahamster]

Good

 

[The Pleasure]

What would people prefer. Dank weed or dank memes?

 

[TacosNSalsa]

I hope people realize that decriminalize doesn't mean legal. It just means you don't go to jail for it outright you'll just get a ticket

 

[AV]

Have fun New Yorkers. UK next. I said "within 10 years" 3 years ago and it's looking more and more like we're on track for that.

I hope people realize that decriminalize doesn't mean legal. It just means you don't go to jail for it outright you'll just get a ticket

Indeed, but are cops going to give a flying fuck now unless you're being a douchebag about it? I can't imagine they're gonna knock on the doors on stanky houses. In the UK it's completely illegal and 99% of the police don't give a shit, they've got better stuff to be doing.

 

[Aintitcool]

This is really damn huge and I hope a big city like new york benefits greatly and the world gets to read about it.

 

[TacosNSalsa]

Have fun New Yorkers. UK next. I said "within 10 years" 3 years ago and it's looking more and more like we're on track for that.



Indeed, but are cops going to give a flying fuck now unless you're being a douchebag about it? I can't imagine they're gonna knock on the doors on stanky houses. In the UK it's completely illegal and 99% of the police don't give a shit, they've got better stuff to be doing.

I hope so but I have little faith in my fellow New Yorkers that their won't be a visible contingent that will act like douchebags. I've watched someone that got pulled over right in front of my friends stoop where we sitting run a red light blatantly , almost hit someone and bitch at the cop for stopping them .

 

[Super Mario]

The world will be a better place now when more people are high and the city smells like weed. True progress indeed.