New York

Tue
01
Dec

This Chef Makes Stoners’ Dreams Come True With Cannabis Cuisine

We’ve all had a terrible edible experience at least once in our lives.

Fooled by the overall deliciousness of the treat, you eat the whole damn thing and end up getting way too high. I’m talking about the way-too-high-to-be-outside-right-now type of high. That sh*t ain’t fun, man.

Miguel Trinidad is the man who’s changing that. As head chef and owner of NYC’s first Filipino gastropub, Jeepney, he’s reinventing the edible game with marijuana meals that will blow your mind.

Mon
30
Nov

Purple Haze Properties LLC Announce New Jimi Hendrix Themed Licenses With Zippo, California Finest And E-Njoint Vaporizers

Purple Haze Properties Also Scheduled To Appear At The High Times Business Summit In Washington, DC To Receive "High Times Trailblazer In The Cannabis Industry" Award

Sun
29
Nov

Marijuana Arrests In New York City Are Down 40% Compared To Last Year

In 2014, New York City gave officers the discretion to issue those caught with less than 25 grams of marijuana a summons to appear, rather than arrest them. Officers can still arrest people if they are in possession of less than 25 grams of marijuana in New York City ”if the marijuana is burning, if the type of possession indicates intent to sell, if the individual has an outstanding warrant, or if the individual is in a location with special consideration, like a school.” When you compare the year-to-date marijuana arrest statistics to those from the same time last year, marijuana arrests are down significantly in New York City. Per the New York Post:

Thu
26
Nov

Just how decriminalized is marijuana in New York City?

Last year, New York City mayor Bill de Blasio and NYPD Commissioner Bill Bratton made headlines for taking real steps to decriminalize marijuana in the city, pledging to issue summonses for marijuana that operated like speeding tickets for amounts less than 25 grams and pledging to close a loophole by which people who were stopped and frisked could be given citations for displaying marijuana in public places. Data from the New York Post shows that while arrests have fallen, they still number in the tens of thousands and still occur largely on racial lines. According to Gothamist:

Wed
25
Nov

Shinnecock Tribe Explores Idea Of Producing Medical Marijuana

The Shinnecock Indian Nation is considering the idea of producing medical marijuana on its land—complying with state and federal law— hoping it would produce needed revenue for the tribe.

Tribal Trustee Chairman Bryan Polite said in a statement that after the New York State Legislature passed the Compassionate Care Act last year—an act that allows health care providers to recommend forms of medical marijuana to patients with serious conditions—the nation began to think about what that act meant for the tribe.

Mon
23
Nov

Marijuana arrests drop 40% this year as NYPD mellows out

Cops are following through on Mayor de Blasio’s pledge to stop locking people up for carrying small amounts of pot.

Police cuffed 18,120 stoners through Oct. 20 — a 40 percent plummet from the 29,906 pot busts in the same period last year, state Division of Criminal Justice records show.

At the same time, tickets for pot violations have surged. Cops handed out 13,081 low-level pot summonses through the end of September — and are on pace for more than 16,000 tickets. The NYPD issued 13,378 pot tickets for all of last year, and 13,316 tickets in 2013, records show.

Sun
22
Nov

Marijuana arrests drop 40% this year as NYPD mellows out

Cops are following through on Mayor de Blasio’s pledge to stop locking people up for carrying small amounts of pot.

Police cuffed 18,120 stoners through Oct. 20 — a 40 percent plummet from the 29,906 pot busts in the same period last year, state Division of Criminal Justice records show.

At the same time, tickets for pot violations have surged. Cops handed out 13,081 low-level pot summonses through the end of September — and are on pace for more than 16,000 tickets. The NYPD issued 13,378 pot tickets for all of last year, and 13,316 tickets in 2013, records show.

Fri
20
Nov

New York launches campaign in drive against K2

"Zero percent marijuana, 100 percent dangerous."

New York has launched a public awareness campaign in its war against synthetic cannabis, a potentially deadly drug which experts say preys on the poorest and the mentally ill.

The drug widely known as K2 has killed at least two people in recent months and sent more than 6,000 people to the emergency room in the city since January. Most were men.

It first came to the attention of authorities last year and is sold under a string of other names: Spice, AK-47, Bizarro, Green Giant and Smacked -- to name the most common.

Sometimes packaged as "aromatherapy" or "pot pourri," some bags are decorated with cartoon characters. It can be bought on the Internet but also from cigarette sellers and bodegas.

Thu
19
Nov

Cuomo's Restrictive Medical Marijuana Plan In Disarray As Deadline Looms

Medical marijuana patients and advocates welcomed Governor Andrew Cuomo’s signing a bill last week that would expedite emergency access to medical marijuana for extremely sick people, most prominently children with severe seizure disorders. But the bill was necessary because there appears to be a slim chance that the state’s medical marijuana program will be ready to open by the January 7th deadline.

Thu
19
Nov

Nurse Rescues Long Island Student Who Collapsed After Smoking Synthetic Marijuana

RONKONKOMA, N.Y. (CBSNewYork) — A fast-acting school nurse is being praised for rescuing a Long Island student who collapsed after smoking synthetic marijuana.

The 10th grade student collapsed in the girls’ locker room of Sachem High School East on Monday after smoking the drug, also known as “K2” or “Spice,” WCBS 880’s Mike Xirinachs reported.

She recovered after a school nurse administered Narcan, a medication known to reverse the effects of overdose.

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