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TexasTowelie

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Mon Jun 3, 2019, 06:41 AM Jun 2019

With marijuana legalization in doubt, will New York take baby steps? [View all]

ALBANY — With the clock ticking, lawmakers at the state Capitol are having intensive, ongoing negotiations over a sweeping bill to legalize the cultivation, distribution, taxation, sales and consumption of marijuana in New York State.

But with questions about whether that will lead to the full-scale legalization, another option is possible: baby steps.

Some states, like Colorado and California, have gone all-in with marijuana legalization. Some have taken more limited approaches.

Consider Vermont, the first state to legalize marijuana via the state Legislature as opposed to statewide ballot measures.

Read more: https://buffalonews.com/2019/06/02/in-marijuana-legalization-efforts-is-there-a-plan-b/

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