NY Cannabis Legalization Bill is Dead

After a dramatic final week of New York’s legislative session during which cannabis advocates oscillated between optimism and defeat, the state’s adult-use cannabis bill is dead.

Despite a last-minute push to get the bill over the finish line, as well as a poll showing that the majority of New Yorkers support legalization, lawmakers could not agree on a handful of key components of the Marijuana Regulation and Taxation Act (MRTA). The bill’s sponsors found themselves caught between a need to entice hesitant lawmakers, Governor Cuomo’s demands, and their own commitment to the bill’s progressive measures.

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