The move comes less than a month after local Sheriff Anthony Miranda testified during a City Council hearing that an astounding 1,400 shops have popped up in the Big Apple illegally selling cannabis products.

A young New York renter took to Reddit to seek help with a constantly smoking roommate. He got huffy replies, but did he get the advice he needed?

Roland Conner, 50, opens pop-up marijuana shop in Greenwich Village, only second legal dispensary in the state As a New York City teenager, 50-year old Roland Conner found himself harshly punished for only minor offenses related to marijuana. A 1991 arrest resulted in a months-long incarceration, as America’s flawed “war on drugs” had an unfairly disproportionate impact on Black and brown youth. Continue […]...

Roland Conner became the first person with a criminal conviction to open a licensed cannabis dispensary in New York with the state’s help.

The document, the charter from when the British seized New York from the Dutch, is on the auction block with two others. Together they could go for as much as $900,000.

Merchants who sell cigarettes accuse Gov. Kathy Hochul of a double standard by proposing a law to ban flavored tobacco while allowing flavored-infused and fruity-scented marijuana products.

The second-state licensed cannabis shop will open next Tuesday on Bleecker Street in Greenwich Village, Gov. Kathy Hochul announced.

Illegal smoke shops are "rampant throughout the city" -- noting 1,400 stores are being targeted and inspected by authorities for suspected illegal activity.

He’s the wild frat boy turned middle-aged dad who loves guns, is friends with Joe Rogan and once helped rob a Russian train. Is Britain ready for the standup who was America’s official No 1 hellraiser? We are half an hour into the interview when the US comic Bert Kreischer starts telling me about his recent panic attacks, the worst he’s ever had. The type where he is locked in the bathroom all night, […]...

After easing the ban on the recreational drug, Thailand has created a ‘weed Wild West’ with confusing rules. So what are tourists allowed to do? Since the delisting of parts of the marijuana plant as a narcotic last year, cannabis cafes and weed dispensaries have become common in Thailand. But confusing government amendments to the laws and continued debate about what should be permitted has created what […]...

Despite frustrating legislative delays, farmers in Mexico are keen to start growing a crop that may be more profitable than rice, corn or sugar The pungent aroma of cannabis and the sound of dub music fill the air at a hacienda as about 150 smokers, users, growers, activists and business people gather for Mexico’s second annual Toquefest. In anticipation of the long-delayed legalisation of cannabis – after […]...

In 2017, 207 cases of accidental ingestion by children younger than six were reported, while in 2021 there were 3,054, report says The number of young children accidentally ingesting marijuana in the US has rocketed by 1,375% in the last five years, a new report reveals. The report, released on Tuesday in the journal Pediatrics, examined findings from the National Poison Data System on pediatric exposure to […]...

The ingestion of edibles by children under 6 has risen rapidly since the start of the pandemic, contributing to a “significant increase” in hospitalizations, the study found.

Your co-op might be willing to help, even if it has to amend its rules. But it will likely be up to you to prove exactly where the smoke is coming from.

The first legal sale of recreational weed took place in a dispensary in Manhattan, just meeting the state’s deadline to open a store in 2022.