The Next Mayor of New York City Supports Cannabis Decriminalization
The primaries are over, and New York City has narrowed down its mayoral candidates to three; Republican Joseph Lhota, Democrat Bill de Blasio and Independent Adolfo Carrión, Jr..
All of these candidates are supporters of cannabis law reform, and are in favor of decriminalizing or legalizing cannabis.
Joseph Lhota was actually the first New York City mayoral candidates to come out in support of recreational cannabis legalization. Bill De Blasio is in support of decriminalizing cannabis, including public display; “I support legislation to decriminalize the display of small amounts of marijuana,” he said during an interview in July, “The current law saddles many young people with a criminal record unfairly and it must be changed.”
Carrión, Jr., the city’s Independent candidate, is also in strong support of decriminalizing cannabis.
Regardless of which candidate becomes the city’s next mayor, it’s clear that their view on cannabis policies will be drastically different from that of Mayor Bloomberg.
– TheJointBlog
