New York Towns Opting Out of Marijuana Sales Worry About The Kids (Hampton: for sale)

[Aeran]

That's what I think. That marijuana is alcohol's less harmful little cousin.

https://gothamist.com/news/new-york-...ntent=20211216

New York towns have just two weeks left to ban cannabis stores and consumption lounges under the state’s marijuana legalization law signed earlier this year. Those that don't opt-out by December 31 cannot restrict operations going forward, and the timeline has triggered a flurry of local government hearings where the safety and benefit of legal marijuana are being debated anew.

So far, elected officials in 28% of New York’s more than 1,500 municipalities have voted to opt out of allowing dispensaries, while 32% opted out of consumption sites, according to the Rockefeller Institute of Government, which is tracking the votes, though no clear pattern has emerged. Communities that have voted no span the political and geographic divide.

New York City is not opting out. Towns in the Hamptons are.

But the contours of the debate underway are similar throughout the state: Supporters want tax revenue from cannabis stores and see marijuana as alcohol's less harmful little cousin. Opponents voice concern over what effect marijuana will have on children.

[hotkarl]

I guess these municipalities will be building walls round them to keep the children in?
So they can’t like just go to the next town over where it is legal?

[Aeran]

Legal Weed Shops May Not Hit in 2022, New York. Here’s What We Know

https://www.thecity.nyc/2021/12/21/2...it-nyc-in-2022

Puff, puff… pause.

New York legalized marijuana use this spring, and by year’s end cities and towns across the state must individually decide whether to allow cannabis dispensaries and “on-site consumption.”

The city has opted in. But that doesn’t mean New Yorkers 21 and older will be able to walk into a shop in the five boroughs and legally buy weed on New Year’s Day.

Bureaucratic delays — made worse when Andrew Cuomo resigned as governor in August — have pushed back the timeline by months and the city may not see many (or any) pot establishments open their doors for sales in 2022.

Despite a cloudy future, the pot industry is gearing up for the green light and a new state regulatory body is sorting out the details for how it will all work.

Waiting to inhale: What’s next for recreational weed?

[ckhthankgod]

An example...

Upstate NY poison center seeing increase in calls for children taking edible marijuana: https://auburnpub.com/news/local/ups...9530b4d89c1102

[SeventhFloor]

Originally Posted by ckhthankgod

An example...

Upstate NY poison center seeing increase in calls for children taking edible marijuana: https://auburnpub.com/news/local/ups...9530b4d89c1102

Most people are inexperienced when it comes to edibles and often eat too much without taking their time. And we're talking about kids here, to make matters worse