At 2016 NYC Cannabis Parade, a push for legalizing marijuana
The message written across the giant inflatable joint making its way down Broadway in Saturday’s pot parade seemed timely: “Obama, deschedule cannabis now!”
With marijuana legal in some form in 24 states and Washington, D.C., the possibility of cannabis being “descheduled” from its federal status as a drug with “no currently accepted medical use and a high potential for abuse” may be closer than ever. New York appears to be making its own strides away from prohibition. The state launched a medical-marijuana program in January and has to some extent decriminalized the possession of small amounts of pot.
But some parade participants who led the marijuana mascot through lower Manhattan on Saturday have been marching for decades to fully legalize the drug in New York. They may have a long journey ahead.
“We’re not looking at the medical statute as any kind of...
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