New York City faces challenges with unlicensed cannabis retailers proliferating despite efforts to enforce retail cannabis licensing requirements. Governor Cuomo criticizes government incompetence in addressing the issue, highlighting the lack of legal means for New Yorkers to access quality cannabis. Debates on drug legalization continue, with contrasting views on the impact of prohibition and decriminalization.
New York's Pot Legalization 'Disaster' Was Entirely Predictable https://t.co/8gtx2qHC7m
New York’s pot legalization "disaster" was entirely predictable. The state’s policies and practices seemed designed to strangle the legal marijuana supply. https://t.co/VFa1ntnPeW
US progressives are reversing the decriminalization of hard drugs, as they admit radical woke policies have turned cities into hellscapes. Trudeau & the NDP double down on the radical expansion of hard drugs. Ban the drugs. Treat addicts. Stop the crime. Common sense. https://t.co/JDitqw2cqB
We tried “compassion for addicts.” And treating “addiction like a disease.” What result? Time to be unapologetic about this stuff again. They are DRUGGIES who parasite on society. They could do drugs in dens but they invade our parks and libraries. Scum. Time to get real.
Drug war apologists such as Alex here love to talk about the "negative externalities" of drug lehalization, however, when it comes to the negative externalities of drug prohibition - which are much, much worse - they are suspiciously silent. It's really telling. https://t.co/AoIL8WfXjU
Despite libertarian claims, drug legalization always proves to be a disaster https://t.co/3LNgZDrn2Q
The libertarian drug legalization take is superficially seductive. The problem is that drug use and addiction have huge negative externalities. The pleasure accrues to the user, while the rest of us pick up the pieces. The user is the human equivalent of a polluting factory. https://t.co/9qvCCK5eXx
“To decriminalize the use of drugs before you actually had the treatment services in place was obviously a huge mistake.” Obviously. By the way, my friends most keen on decriminalizing drugs are also keen on shrinking the size of government. It won’t work. https://t.co/S7pGSUfcVg
There is incredible weed being grown in New York by New Yorkers. There is unfortunately STILL no way to buy it legally. They have applied for licenses and are sitting on their hands waiting for the state's regulatory agency to allow them to enter the licensed market. https://t.co/6ppWLon6tB
Treating drug users as criminals compounds the harm caused by prohibition while ignoring the perverse impact of existing policies. https://t.co/IuoiILkoQz
CUOMO | Opinion: Pot shops, like potholes don’t get fixed “Can’t even ... fix a pothole!” Gov’t incompetence: inability to perform simple, obvious tasks @andrewcuomo Many 'potholes.' They're not “entrepreneurs” creating “jobs and economic” opps for poor https://t.co/2HcOix9dFA
OPINION | Let NYC padlock illegal pot shops NYC hasn’t made a dent in the number of unlicensed cannabis retailers (it’s growing) Council is locked out of passing local laws to enforce retail cannabis licensing requirements @galeabrewer @irlsamgoldsmith https://t.co/vpJiOZAkYD
Opinion piece by Andrew Cuomo: 'Under penal code sections 222.50-65, it is still a criminal offense to possess marijuana with an intent to illegally distribute. Under Cannabis Law section 132, it is illegal to operate a dispensary without a state authorized license. Government… https://t.co/7oi2QcXHoa
OPINION | Pot shops, like potholes that don’t get fixed "Pothole!” was a metaphor for frustration with government’s incompetence. There are many. Mentally ill roaming the streets, random acts of violence, pervasive shoplifting, dirty streets @andrewcuomo https://t.co/0mJtMV0XOJ