{"id":5208,"date":"2019-07-31T09:45:26","date_gmt":"2019-07-31T09:45:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/annsvg.com\/?p=5208"},"modified":"2019-07-31T09:45:47","modified_gmt":"2019-07-31T09:45:47","slug":"new-york-reduces-penalties-for-marijuana-possession","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/annsvg.com\/index.php\/2019\/07\/31\/new-york-reduces-penalties-for-marijuana-possession\/","title":{"rendered":"New York reduces penalties for marijuana possession"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>NEW YORK, United States (AP) \u2014 New York&#8217;s governor signed a bill Monday that softens penalties for possessing small amounts of marijuana and allows for the expungement of some past offenses.<\/p>\n<div id=\"story\" style=\"color:rgb(79,79,79); font-family:SecondaryFont; font-size:18px; font-style:normal; font-variant-ligatures:normal; font-variant-caps:normal; font-weight:400; letter-spacing:normal; orphans:2text-indent:0px; text-transform:none; white-space:normal; widows:2; word-spacing:0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width:0px; background-color:rgb(250,250,250); text-decoration-style:initial; text-decoration-color:initial; text-align:left;\">\n<p class=\"m_-5836280835126633001ydp42842ebeMsoNormal\" style=\"line-height:1.445; margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:26px; color:rgb(54,54,54);\"><span lang=\"EN-GB\">The law changes an unlawful possession of marijuana statute into a violation that&#8217;s similar to a traffic ticket, instead of a criminal charge.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"m_-5836280835126633001ydp42842ebeMsoNormal\" style=\"line-height:1.445; margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:26px; color:rgb(54,54,54);\"><span lang=\"EN-GB\">Under the new law, the maximum penalty is $50 for possessing less than one ounce of ganja and a maximum of $200 for between one and two ounces.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"mrf-adv sRoba mrf-preInsertedMad mad adSemiInvisible mrf-madLoaded mrf-madWidth-360 mrf-madHeight-300 mrf-madFluid mrf-adv--all mrf-adv--0000\" data-placement=\"\" data-madtype=\"sRoba\" data-sectionid=\"latestnews\" data-virtualpageid=\"2\" data-loadstrategy=\"onScroll\" data-refreshfrequency=\"0\" data-layout=\"inline_square_details_s\" data-invalidatelayout=\"false\" data-loadonevent=\"navigationChange\" data-navigationlevel=\"1\" data-scrollposition=\"2\" data-madprocessed=\"true\" data-madid=\"11\" data-mrf-ssptargeting=\"marfeeltype\" data-mrf-madstyles=\"mrf-madWidth-360 mrf-madHeight-300\" style=\"display:block; min-width:100%line-height:0; margin:0px-15px26px; clear:both; text-align:center;\">\n<div id=\"mrf-11\" data-google-query-id=\"CJTXo5rv3uMCFcwehwodVLQLPg\" style=\"margin-left:0px!important;\">\n<div id=\"google_ads_iframe_\/22571134\/crispr\/jamaicaobserver.com_10__container__\" style=\"border:0ptnone; max-height:none!important; max-width:360px!important; padding:0px!important; width:360px!important;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"m_-5836280835126633001ydp42842ebeMsoNormal\" style=\"line-height:1.445; margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:26px; color:rgb(54,54,54);\"><span lang=\"EN-GB\">The law also requires that records tied to low-level marijuana cases be automatically sealed and creates a process for expungement. It will take effect in 30 days.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"m_-5836280835126633001ydp42842ebeMsoNormal\" style=\"line-height:1.445; margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:26px; color:rgb(54,54,54);\"><span lang=\"EN-GB\">&#8220;Communities of colour have been disproportionately impacted by laws governing marijuana for far too long, and today we are ending this injustice once and for all,&#8221; Governor Andrew Cuomo said in a statement.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"m_-5836280835126633001ydp42842ebeMsoNormal\" style=\"line-height:1.445; margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:26px; color:rgb(54,54,54);\"><span lang=\"EN-GB\">Advocates for legal marijuana acknowledge the law is a step forward but also say it falls short of addressing a web of negative consequences that come with keeping marijuana illegal.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"m_-5836280835126633001ydp42842ebeMsoNormal\" style=\"line-height:1.445; margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:26px; color:rgb(54,54,54);\"><span lang=\"EN-GB\">&#8220;Police have historically found a way to work around the decriminalisation of marijuana,&#8221; said Erin George, of Citizen Action of New York.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"mrf-adv sRoba mrf-preInsertedMad mad\" data-placement=\"\" data-madtype=\"sRoba\" data-sectionid=\"latestnews\" data-virtualpageid=\"3\" data-loadstrategy=\"onScroll\" data-refreshfrequency=\"0\" data-layout=\"inline_square_details_s\" data-invalidatelayout=\"false\" data-loadonevent=\"navigationChange\" data-navigationlevel=\"1\" data-scrollposition=\"3\" data-madprocessed=\"true\" data-madid=\"12\" data-mrf-ssptargeting=\"marfeeltype\" data-emptymad=\"true\" style=\"display:block; min-width:100%line-height:0; clear:both; margin:0px-15px;\"><\/div>\n<p class=\"m_-5836280835126633001ydp42842ebeMsoNormal\" style=\"line-height:1.445; margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:26px; color:rgb(54,54,54);\"><span lang=\"EN-GB\">People can still face probation violations and immigration consequences under the decriminalisation bill, George said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"m_-5836280835126633001ydp42842ebeMsoNormal\" style=\"line-height:1.445; margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:26px; color:rgb(54,54,54);\"><span lang=\"EN-GB\">Emma Goodman, a staff attorney at The Legal Aid Society, noted that the group&#8217;s clients still risk being separated from their family by a child protective agency for basic marijuana possession.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"m_-5836280835126633001ydp42842ebeMsoNormal\" style=\"line-height:1.445; margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:26px; color:rgb(54,54,54);\"><span lang=\"EN-GB\">&#8220;All of the collateral consequences of marijuana criminalisation that harm communities of colour will continue to exist,&#8221; she said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"m_-5836280835126633001ydp42842ebeMsoNormal\" style=\"line-height:1.445; margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:26px; color:rgb(54,54,54);\"><span lang=\"EN-GB\">Melissa Moore, New York state deputy director for the Drug Policy Alliance, said the law will continue to allow authorities to target people of colour and their communities for marijuana enforcement.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"mrf-adv sRoba mrf-preInsertedMad mad\" data-placement=\"\" data-madtype=\"sRoba\" data-sectionid=\"latestnews\" data-virtualpageid=\"4\" data-loadstrategy=\"onScroll\" data-refreshfrequency=\"0\" data-layout=\"inline_square_details_s\" data-invalidatelayout=\"false\" data-loadonevent=\"navigationChange\" data-navigationlevel=\"1\" data-scrollposition=\"4\" data-madprocessed=\"true\" data-madid=\"13\" data-mrf-ssptargeting=\"marfeeltype\" data-emptymad=\"true\" style=\"display:block; min-width:100%line-height:0; clear:both; margin:0px-15px;\"><\/div>\n<p class=\"m_-5836280835126633001ydp42842ebeMsoNormal\" style=\"line-height:1.445; margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:26px; color:rgb(54,54,54);\"><span lang=\"EN-GB\">At least 24,400 people will no longer have a criminal record due to the bill, according to New York&#8217;s Division of Criminal Justice Services.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"m_-5836280835126633001ydp42842ebeMsoNormal\" style=\"line-height:1.445; margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:26px; color:rgb(54,54,54);\"><span lang=\"EN-GB\">The law will prompt the sealing of more than 200,000 convictions for low-level marijuana offenses, according to the agency.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"m_-5836280835126633001ydp42842ebeMsoNormal\" style=\"line-height:1.445; margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:26px; color:rgb(54,54,54);\"><span lang=\"EN-GB\">From 1978 through last year, about 917,000 arrests were made under an old criminal penalty for possession, state data shows. Last year, about 13,500 arrests were made under the criminal statute.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"m_-5836280835126633001ydp42842ebeMsoNormal\" style=\"line-height:1.445; margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:26px; color:rgb(54,54,54);\"><span lang=\"EN-GB\">State lawmakers considered legalising marijuana for recreational use this year, but that legislation stalled after state leaders failed to reach an agreement on key details in the final days of the legislative session.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NEW YORK, United States (AP) \u2014 New York&#8217;s governor signed a bill Monday that softens penalties for possessing small amounts of marijuana and allows for the expungement of some past offenses. The law changes an unlawful possession of marijuana statute into a violation that&#8217;s similar to a traffic ticket, instead of a criminal charge. Under<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":5207,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5208","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-regional-and-international-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>New York reduces penalties for marijuana possession - Asberth News Network<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/annsvg.com\/index.php\/2019\/07\/31\/new-york-reduces-penalties-for-marijuana-possession\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"New York reduces penalties for marijuana possession - Asberth News Network\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"NEW YORK, United States (AP) \u2014 New York&#8217;s governor signed a bill Monday that softens penalties for possessing small amounts of marijuana and allows for the expungement of some past offenses. The law changes an unlawful possession of marijuana statute into a violation that&#8217;s similar to a traffic ticket, instead of a criminal charge. Under\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/annsvg.com\/index.php\/2019\/07\/31\/new-york-reduces-penalties-for-marijuana-possession\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Asberth News Network\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/asbertnewsnetwork\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2019-07-31T09:45:26+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2019-07-31T09:45:47+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/annsvg.com\/the-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/big-blunt-2015-blackman4575564527881935737.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"650\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"366\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Maurice John\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@AsbertNews\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@AsbertNews\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Maurice John\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/annsvg.com\\\/index.php\\\/2019\\\/07\\\/31\\\/new-york-reduces-penalties-for-marijuana-possession\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/annsvg.com\\\/index.php\\\/2019\\\/07\\\/31\\\/new-york-reduces-penalties-for-marijuana-possession\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Maurice John\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/annsvg.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/05927ad0b35f70c549c856744bc0b21a\"},\"headline\":\"New York reduces penalties for marijuana possession\",\"datePublished\":\"2019-07-31T09:45:26+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2019-07-31T09:45:47+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/annsvg.com\\\/index.php\\\/2019\\\/07\\\/31\\\/new-york-reduces-penalties-for-marijuana-possession\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":399,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/annsvg.com\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/annsvg.com\\\/index.php\\\/2019\\\/07\\\/31\\\/new-york-reduces-penalties-for-marijuana-possession\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/annsvg.com\\\/the-content\\\/uploads\\\/2019\\\/07\\\/big-blunt-2015-blackman4575564527881935737.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"Regional\\\/International News\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/annsvg.com\\\/index.php\\\/2019\\\/07\\\/31\\\/new-york-reduces-penalties-for-marijuana-possession\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/annsvg.com\\\/index.php\\\/2019\\\/07\\\/31\\\/new-york-reduces-penalties-for-marijuana-possession\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/annsvg.com\\\/index.php\\\/2019\\\/07\\\/31\\\/new-york-reduces-penalties-for-marijuana-possession\\\/\",\"name\":\"New York reduces penalties for marijuana possession - Asberth News Network\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/annsvg.com\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/annsvg.com\\\/index.php\\\/2019\\\/07\\\/31\\\/new-york-reduces-penalties-for-marijuana-possession\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/annsvg.com\\\/index.php\\\/2019\\\/07\\\/31\\\/new-york-reduces-penalties-for-marijuana-possession\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/annsvg.com\\\/the-content\\\/uploads\\\/2019\\\/07\\\/big-blunt-2015-blackman4575564527881935737.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2019-07-31T09:45:26+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2019-07-31T09:45:47+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/annsvg.com\\\/index.php\\\/2019\\\/07\\\/31\\\/new-york-reduces-penalties-for-marijuana-possession\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/annsvg.com\\\/index.php\\\/2019\\\/07\\\/31\\\/new-york-reduces-penalties-for-marijuana-possession\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/annsvg.com\\\/index.php\\\/2019\\\/07\\\/31\\\/new-york-reduces-penalties-for-marijuana-possession\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/annsvg.com\\\/the-content\\\/uploads\\\/2019\\\/07\\\/big-blunt-2015-blackman4575564527881935737.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/annsvg.com\\\/the-content\\\/uploads\\\/2019\\\/07\\\/big-blunt-2015-blackman4575564527881935737.jpg\",\"width\":650,\"height\":366},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/annsvg.com\\\/index.php\\\/2019\\\/07\\\/31\\\/new-york-reduces-penalties-for-marijuana-possession\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/annsvg.com\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"New York reduces penalties for marijuana possession\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/annsvg.com\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/annsvg.com\\\/\",\"name\":\"Asberth News Network\",\"description\":\"Tomorrow News. Today\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/annsvg.com\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/annsvg.com\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/annsvg.com\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Asbert News Network\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/annsvg.com\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/annsvg.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/annsvg.com\\\/the-content\\\/uploads\\\/2019\\\/10\\\/logoann.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/annsvg.com\\\/the-content\\\/uploads\\\/2019\\\/10\\\/logoann.png\",\"width\":640,\"height\":295,\"caption\":\"Asbert News Network\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/annsvg.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.facebook.com\\\/asbertnewsnetwork\",\"https:\\\/\\\/x.com\\\/AsbertNews\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.instagram.com\\\/asbertnews\\\/\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/annsvg.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/05927ad0b35f70c549c856744bc0b21a\",\"name\":\"Maurice John\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/annsvg.com\\\/the-content\\\/litespeed\\\/avatar\\\/13f65a825b92469e47a9d96bce5fe9a9.jpg?ver=1790615642\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/annsvg.com\\\/the-content\\\/litespeed\\\/avatar\\\/13f65a825b92469e47a9d96bce5fe9a9.jpg?ver=1790615642\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/annsvg.com\\\/the-content\\\/litespeed\\\/avatar\\\/13f65a825b92469e47a9d96bce5fe9a9.jpg?ver=1790615642\",\"caption\":\"Maurice John\"},\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/annsvg.com\\\/index.php\\\/author\\\/mauricejohn\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"New York reduces penalties for marijuana possession - Asberth News Network","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/annsvg.com\/index.php\/2019\/07\/31\/new-york-reduces-penalties-for-marijuana-possession\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"New York reduces penalties for marijuana possession - Asberth News Network","og_description":"NEW YORK, United States (AP) \u2014 New York&#8217;s governor signed a bill Monday that softens penalties for possessing small amounts of marijuana and allows for the expungement of some past offenses. The law changes an unlawful possession of marijuana statute into a violation that&#8217;s similar to a traffic ticket, instead of a criminal charge. Under","og_url":"https:\/\/annsvg.com\/index.php\/2019\/07\/31\/new-york-reduces-penalties-for-marijuana-possession\/","og_site_name":"Asberth News Network","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/asbertnewsnetwork","article_published_time":"2019-07-31T09:45:26+00:00","article_modified_time":"2019-07-31T09:45:47+00:00","og_image":[{"width":650,"height":366,"url":"https:\/\/annsvg.com\/the-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/big-blunt-2015-blackman4575564527881935737.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Maurice John","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@AsbertNews","twitter_site":"@AsbertNews","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Maurice John","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/annsvg.com\/index.php\/2019\/07\/31\/new-york-reduces-penalties-for-marijuana-possession\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/annsvg.com\/index.php\/2019\/07\/31\/new-york-reduces-penalties-for-marijuana-possession\/"},"author":{"name":"Maurice John","@id":"https:\/\/annsvg.com\/#\/schema\/person\/05927ad0b35f70c549c856744bc0b21a"},"headline":"New York reduces penalties for marijuana possession","datePublished":"2019-07-31T09:45:26+00:00","dateModified":"2019-07-31T09:45:47+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/annsvg.com\/index.php\/2019\/07\/31\/new-york-reduces-penalties-for-marijuana-possession\/"},"wordCount":399,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/annsvg.com\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/annsvg.com\/index.php\/2019\/07\/31\/new-york-reduces-penalties-for-marijuana-possession\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/annsvg.com\/the-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/big-blunt-2015-blackman4575564527881935737.jpg","articleSection":["Regional\/International News"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/annsvg.com\/index.php\/2019\/07\/31\/new-york-reduces-penalties-for-marijuana-possession\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/annsvg.com\/index.php\/2019\/07\/31\/new-york-reduces-penalties-for-marijuana-possession\/","url":"https:\/\/annsvg.com\/index.php\/2019\/07\/31\/new-york-reduces-penalties-for-marijuana-possession\/","name":"New York reduces penalties for marijuana possession - Asberth News Network","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/annsvg.com\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/annsvg.com\/index.php\/2019\/07\/31\/new-york-reduces-penalties-for-marijuana-possession\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/annsvg.com\/index.php\/2019\/07\/31\/new-york-reduces-penalties-for-marijuana-possession\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/annsvg.com\/the-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/big-blunt-2015-blackman4575564527881935737.jpg","datePublished":"2019-07-31T09:45:26+00:00","dateModified":"2019-07-31T09:45:47+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/annsvg.com\/index.php\/2019\/07\/31\/new-york-reduces-penalties-for-marijuana-possession\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/annsvg.com\/index.php\/2019\/07\/31\/new-york-reduces-penalties-for-marijuana-possession\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/annsvg.com\/index.php\/2019\/07\/31\/new-york-reduces-penalties-for-marijuana-possession\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/annsvg.com\/the-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/big-blunt-2015-blackman4575564527881935737.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/annsvg.com\/the-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/big-blunt-2015-blackman4575564527881935737.jpg","width":650,"height":366},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/annsvg.com\/index.php\/2019\/07\/31\/new-york-reduces-penalties-for-marijuana-possession\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/annsvg.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"New York reduces penalties for marijuana possession"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/annsvg.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/annsvg.com\/","name":"Asberth News Network","description":"Tomorrow News. Today","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/annsvg.com\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/annsvg.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/annsvg.com\/#organization","name":"Asbert News Network","url":"https:\/\/annsvg.com\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/annsvg.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/annsvg.com\/the-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/logoann.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/annsvg.com\/the-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/logoann.png","width":640,"height":295,"caption":"Asbert News Network"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/annsvg.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/asbertnewsnetwork","https:\/\/x.com\/AsbertNews","https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/asbertnews\/"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/annsvg.com\/#\/schema\/person\/05927ad0b35f70c549c856744bc0b21a","name":"Maurice John","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/annsvg.com\/the-content\/litespeed\/avatar\/13f65a825b92469e47a9d96bce5fe9a9.jpg?ver=1790615642","url":"https:\/\/annsvg.com\/the-content\/litespeed\/avatar\/13f65a825b92469e47a9d96bce5fe9a9.jpg?ver=1790615642","contentUrl":"https:\/\/annsvg.com\/the-content\/litespeed\/avatar\/13f65a825b92469e47a9d96bce5fe9a9.jpg?ver=1790615642","caption":"Maurice John"},"url":"https:\/\/annsvg.com\/index.php\/author\/mauricejohn\/"}]}},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/annsvg.com\/the-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/big-blunt-2015-blackman4575564527881935737.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/annsvg.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5208","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/annsvg.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/annsvg.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/annsvg.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/annsvg.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5208"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/annsvg.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5208\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5209,"href":"https:\/\/annsvg.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5208\/revisions\/5209"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/annsvg.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5207"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/annsvg.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5208"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/annsvg.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5208"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/annsvg.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5208"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}