Jim Belushi explains how medical marijuana could have helped save his brother John Belushi’s life
Jim Belushi explains how medical marijuana could have helped save his brother John Belushi’s life. The actor and marijuana farmer launched a reality show at Discovery entitled ‘Growing Belushi’, where he aims to demystify misconceptions about business growth that continue to exist. Belushi has a farm in southern Oregon. According to Deadline, Belushi started growing cannabis in 2015 with a crop of 48 plants and now has an expanding operation. The outlet noted that one of its brands, Captain Jack’s Gulzar Afghanica, became known in the 1970s as the ‘smell of SNL’.
In The Big Apple, a man celebrated legal marijuana by smoking marijuana in front of two New York police officers – all filmed.
“Happy quarantine!” the man greets the policemen as he inhales and exhales.
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New York adults over the age of 21 can now port and use marijuana – even in public – according to a legalization bill signed on Wednesday by Governor Andrew Cuomo, although legal recreational marijuana sales do not start at about 18 months until regulations are ready.
Passed after several years of stalled efforts, the measure makes New York the 16th state in the country to legalize adult drug use.
New York becomes the second most populous state after California to legalize recreational marijuana.
Legalization advocates hope that the Empire State will boost and set an example with its efforts to correct the injustices of a system that has arrested people of color for marijuana offenses at disproportionate rates.
The legislation provides protection for marijuana users in the workplace, housing, family court, schools, colleges and universities, and sets a goal to provide half of marijuana licenses to individuals in underrepresented communities. And the police could no longer use cannabis odor as a reason to search someone’s car for contraband.
New York will automatically start purging some past marijuana-related convictions and people will not be arrested or prosecuted for possession of up to 3 ounces of marijuana. A 2019 law has already eliminated many previous convictions and reduced the penalty for possession of small amounts.
In a unique setting, New Yorkers 21 and older can now smoke marijuana in public, including on the sidewalks.
No other state allows this, said Paul Armentano, deputy director of the pro-legalization group NORML.
Still, New Yorkers are not allowed to smoke or spray marijuana in places where smoking is prohibited by state law, including enclosed workplaces, bars and restaurants and less than 30 meters from a school. And stricter local smoking rules apply: New York City prohibits smoking in parks and beaches, for example.
Local governments can pass stricter rules on marijuana use, ban retail dispensaries or marijuana bars, and impose small civil penalties – as long as they do not “completely or essentially prohibit a person” from legal marijuana use.
The commercial publication Marijuana Business Daily estimates that New York could become the largest recreational marijuana market on the East Coast – generating a potential of $ 2.3 billion in annual sales in its fourth year.
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Cuomo, the Democrat in trouble, said annual tax revenues could reach $ 300 million.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.