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Today, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo will give his first virtual State of the State speech and announce that among the ways the state intends to close its pandemic induced budget gap and fuel recovery for the economy is through recreational cannabis.
In light of the speech, a group of national leaders are coalescing to ensure those targeted by the war on drugs substantially benefit from the legalization of adult use cannabis in the Empire State.
Civil rights leader and Founder of National Action Network (NAN) Reverend Al Sharpton, former Co-Chair of Senator Bernie Sanders’s Presidential Campaign the Honorable Nina Turner, and President of the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union (RWDSU) Stuart Appelbaum have announced that they will be working together, in partnership with other stakeholders statewide, to ensure recreational cannabis is implemented equitably, disenfranchised communities have genuine opportunities to thrive as entrepreneurs and, that the workforce of the industry is justly compensated and there are strong workplace protections in place, including the right to join a union.
Reverend Sharpton said, “For decades I have been a vocal opponent of discriminatory drug policies. Now that cannabis is being legalized around the country, we have a responsibility to ensure that New York is at the forefront of directing the benefits of its industry to the places that have been most negatively impacted from its previous criminalization. I…
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Today, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo will give his first virtual State of the State speech and announce that among the ways the state intends to close its pandemic induced budget gap and fuel recovery for the economy is through recreational cannabis.
In light of the speech, a group of national leaders are coalescing to ensure those targeted by the war on drugs substantially benefit from the legalization of adult use cannabis in the Empire State.
Civil rights leader and Founder of National Action Network (NAN) Reverend Al Sharpton, former Co-Chair of Senator Bernie Sanders’s Presidential Campaign the Honorable Nina Turner, and President of the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union (RWDSU) Stuart Appelbaum have announced that they will be working together, in partnership with other stakeholders statewide, to ensure recreational cannabis is implemented equitably, disenfranchised communities have genuine opportunities to thrive as entrepreneurs and, that the workforce of the industry is justly compensated and there are strong workplace protections in place, including the right to join a union.
Reverend Sharpton said, “For decades I have been a vocal opponent of discriminatory drug policies. Now that cannabis is being legalized around the country, we have a responsibility to ensure that New York is at the forefront of directing the benefits of its industry to the places that have been most negatively impacted from its previous criminalization. I…
