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COVID-19: Legal Recreational Pot Now Unlikely To Be In State Budget COVID-19: Legal Recreational Pot Now Unlikely To Be In State Budget
Covid-19: Legal Recreational Pot Now Unlikely To Be In State Budget Novel coronavirus (COVID-19) has claimed another victim - at least for now: the possibility of legalized cannabis in New York. It’ll likely be at least a year before marijuana is legalized in New York, Gov. Andrew Cuomo said. With the deadline for the state’s budget coming up this week, Cuomo said he doubted he would be able to get it done in time, as his efforts and resources have been spent battling the spread of the virus throughout the state. “It’s not likely,” Cuomo said. “Too much, too little time.” Cuomo has long supported legalizing marijuana, which would be another revenue sourc…