Sometimes my typing get ahead of me…
Two important corrections to the blog: Rally in NYC: Marijuana is Safer for St. Pat’s
1- State of New York decriminalized marijuana in 1977 not 1979.
2- Marijuana in Public View is not a municipal code as stated in the blog.
Professor Harry Levine clarified today: “New York State Criminal Law 221.10 specifies that possession is a misdemeanor if it is ‘burning or open to public view.’ The phrase ‘MPV’ was invented by Andy Golub, a researcher, and as far as I know has never been used by the police or courts in New York.”
Further there are no specific municipal codes for marijuana in NYC but police practice has changed accounting for the 50,000 annual pot arrests despite decriminalization.
Corrections to East Coast gets serious about marijuana:
1- Omitted the bill active in North Carolina – that has been added.
3- Finally in the same piece I did not highlight the strong medical cannabis caregiver network that exists in Maine. Added a link to the sixth paragraph.
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