New York legalizes recreational marijuana, lawyer calls it "racial justice issue"
New York legalizes recreational marijuana, lawyer calls it "racial justice issue"
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo signed a bill on Wednesday to legalize the adult use of marijuana, making it the 15th U.S. state to allow recreational use of the drug, while Virginia moved to legalize possession of small amounts by July.
Cuomo said the bill, which was approved by the state Assembly late on Tuesday night, would also wipe the slate clean for many people previously charged with marijuana crimes.
“The bill creates automatic expungement of previous marijuana convictions that would now be legal,” Cuomo wrote on Twitter, announcing that he had just signed the legislation. “This is a historic day.”
Bronx Defenders attorney Eli Northrup called this the “best bill in terms of marijuana justice.”
“It’s a racial justice issue,” he said.
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About time
It really is a step in the right direction Knife Only all other states and countries would follow suit it is a big step forward to help with the racism towards black people not people of colour
Lol that woman smoking a Canon 🤣🤣
Glad to see that NY is concerned about the health of their citizens.
conservatives sure hate freedom, too bad Trudeau wasnt more left wing with his legalization
Legalize Wisconsin
A racial justice issue??? Meaning more freedom for black druggies?? Cuomo is obviously out to screw everyone, not just a select few women!
Classic attempt by Governor Cuomo to divert the attention
Why is that racial justice. Remember like a few years ago before dems started division politics. I just smoke weed with my buddies and it brings us all together. 🤷♂️. I’m so sick of hearing everything is racist. I’m white. I love the weed. And I would be held up to the same issues for these convictions.
Gov Cuomo going to date big lake of fire
🤞🌱
USA, soon to be a nation of junkies.
HAPPY 420 NY
This bill is better than the other Marijuana bills. All the states legalized Marijuana should adopt the same things as well.
This is really big
Just also have a social or Islamic Court
Becouse
Fourth Angle Good Practical View Jurispedence.
Why cant we just have this in georgia
🗣📢MAKE MARIJUANA/CANNABIS/WEED LEGAL FOR EVERYONE EVERYWHER IN THE U.S. CANNABIS HAS A POSITIVE EFFECT ON PEOPLE’S LIVES 🤞🌱🙏
to me its a bad law issue .
There is no big problems with racism. …..because there is no over active racism .
Todd Hood and Robert Maciol are crying into their mypillows.
"Among the tales of sorrow and ruin that come down to us from the darkness of these days there are yet some where amid weeping there is joy and under the shadow of death light that endures."
– J.R.R. Tolkien
At this point he’d legalize anything if he thought it would keep him from getting kicked out of office. El desperado.
WHOLE EAST COAST IS GOING GREEN
What about pre-employment random drug test?
BROOKLYN ROLL TF UP RIGHT NOW!!!
CALI. what’s good ? We here with y’all !! ⛽️ 🔥
Weed a racial issue? Hahahahaha! Now I’ve heard everything.
GEORGIA NEXT
Make it legal for everyone EVERYWHERE ELSE in the U.S. CANNABIS has a great impact
🗣📢MAKE THE PLANT LEGAL EVERYWHERE ELSE IN THE U.S. CANNABIS HAS A POSITIVE IMPACT ON MY LIFE
as long as it has the butterfly on the product im GAME!
That lawyer doesn’t know what he’s talking about. Weed is not a racial issue 🙄
after over 10,000 years of human testing and no death the question should be why it was made a crime at all.
Hopefully they also included Hemp in this bill.
Monopolization through the guise of legalization.
Its not a racial justice issue that is a blatant lie.
Racial Justice Issue? Does that not imply that black people are bigger drug users? Does no one dare to call that claim out as racist?
Its was never about morality is about money people this country is so phony.
i don.t smoke cigarettes but they are taxed high in NY i would guess the legal weed will not be cheap
Another essential business that can stay open…
its not social justice. its futhering stupidity
They want everyone stone because when the powers to be start locking everything down everybody will be high and wont put up any resistance.
Why is everything considered racial??
So there only one race that smokes ganja? Nope stupid fools
Justin Trudeau did the same thing to become Prime Minister …… fooled many …
Talk about behind the times, its only state law, not Fed, in Canada its feedom in every province, you can grow your own.
How can NY keep people in jail for selling weed, when NY is now selling weed…😝
This must be an April’s fools joke.
Or just racist?
Positive vybes
a guy i knew got 20 years in texas in 1971 . he had a roach in the ashtray of his car.