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NY State Health Department Recommends Legalizing Marijuana


Although he likes to tout his leadership strategy as progressive, Governor Andrew Cuomo has until now resisted one thing most New Yorkers seem to agree on: Legalizing recreational marijuana. But on Friday, the New York State Health Department released its report on the "potential impact of regulated marijuana," which basically boils down to an emphatic yes for legalization. Health officials have determined that regulating weed could improve an impressive spectrum of public health variables, help mitigate racism in law enforcement, and also buoy tax revenues with an injection of hundreds of millions of dollars. Plus, the majority of people (63 percent of New Yorkers) seem pretty sold on the idea, regardless of their political affiliation.