Recreational marijuana in 2019 looking increasingly like a pipe dream
By Ali HIbbs Albany, N.Y. — It’s doubtful whether progressive state Democrats will be able to legalize recreational marijuana before the legislative session ends on June 19, but lawmakers filed a multi-faceted amendment last week in an eleventh hour push to make the proposed bill more palatable to the governor and wary Senate colleagues. Recreational marijuana in New York seemed like an inevitability