| But tobacco is still streng verboten. |
[NYDAILYNEWS] Mayor de Blasio will tell the NYPD to stop arresting people for public pot smoking — and launch a new group to officially prepare the city for the outright legalization of marijuana in New York
| That policy change will be part of a 30-day review the mayor announced last week to address the massive racial disparity in marijuana arrests. |
De Blasio, who has long opposed making recreational pot legal, now says he thinks legalization is inevitable and is creating an official task force to get ready for the day when that happens and implement the new law.
While pot remains illegal, Hizzoner will direct the NYPD to give summonses to people they catch smoking in public instead of arresting them, his aides said Sunday.
That policy change will be part of a 30-day review the mayor announced last week to address the massive racial disparity in marijuana arrests. |