cannabis

Report: New York pot sales surpass $1 billion mark
Business, News, NY State News
CHRIS WADE The Center Square 
Jan 10, 2025
ALBANY — After a slow rollout, New Yorkers have been flocking to pot shops since legalized weed became available for retail sales two years ago, and t...
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We need a campaign against teen marijuana use
Local Columnists, Nation World, Opinion
LISA JARVIS Tribune News Service 
Dec 18, 2022
There’s good news and bad news when it comes to teen drug and alcohol use. The good news is that fewer teens are drinking, a trend that has been stead...
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Jamestown going all in on legal cannabis
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BRAD RACINO syracuse.com 
Dec 07, 2022
JAMESTOWN (TNS) — In the early 1900s, the Chadakoin River powered Jamestown’s mills and factories, which in turn pumped out crescent wrenches, furnitu...
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Head off black market cannabis
Local Columnists, Nation World, Opinion
Dec 05, 2022
As unregulated cannabis retailers proliferate around New York at eye-popping rates, the beleaguered legal businesses that only began to receive recrea...
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Pass Schumer’s marijuana legalization bill
Local Columnists, Nation World, Opinion
Jul 25, 2022
Never mind that Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer is the lead sponsor. Never mind that 68% of Americans support legalizing marijuana , a figure tha...
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In New York, common sense goes up in smoke
Local Columnists, New York, Opinion
CHRIS CHURCHILL Times Union 
Mar 16, 2022
ALBANY (TNS) — A lot of terrible ideas and proposals have come out of the Capitol over the years — too many to count, really. But a plan announced las...
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