Mayor Backs Marijuana Legalization

Ithaca is joining the national trend toward support of marijuana legalization following an announcement of support from Mayor Svante Myrick last week. Myrick published a commentary for the Times Union, an Albany-area newspaper, on Dec. 3, calling on state lawmakers to permit medical marijuana and consider complete legalization. The mayor of Binghamton, Matt Ryan, announced support of legalization in November. The commentary included reference to medical marijuana being legalized in other states — 18 in total and the District of [...]

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