NEW YORK—(ENEWPF)—June 15, 2017. This week a coalition of community advocates led by the Drug Policy Alliance joined Senator Liz Krueger (New York) and Assemblymember Crystal Peoples-Stokes (Buffalo) to announce reintroduction of the Marijuana Regulation and Taxation Act (MRTA, S.3040-A/A.3506-A), which would authorize recreational use of marijuana. The coalition also announced the launch of the Start SMART NY campaign (SMART stands for Sensible Marijuana Access through Regulated Trade).
The new legislation underscores marijuana…
