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BILL WOULD BAN PUBLIC USE OF MARIJUANA, INCLUDING EDIBLES

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Cannabis smokers pass a joint outside Dank 716 on its opening day in Buffalo on
July 18, 2023. A bill seeks to prohibit public use of marijuana. 

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In New York State, most municipalities ban the use of alcohol on public streets
or outside of venues that specifically allow it. Yet the state’s relatively new
marijuana doesn’t let local governments impose the same restrictions on public
consumption of THC, the psychoactive component in marijuana.

New York State Sen. George Borrello wants to change that with legislation that
would prohibit public use of marijuana in all forms “unless specifically
authorized by the locality.”

He calls it a public safety issue, but it’s not about the dangers of second-hand
smoke.

“I’m trying to enact an open container law for marijuana,” Borrello said. “Not
just to ban smoking it, but vaping, edibles, anything in public places.”



Borrello, R-Jamestown, introduced Senate Bill 7604 last week and it is
co-sponsored in the state Assembly by Michael Novakhov, R-Brooklyn. The bill
would impose a $125 fine for consuming marijuana in public and allow
municipalities to both enforce a state law and impose their own laws regarding
public use of marijuana.


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Currently, New York law makes it illegal to smoke cannabis anyplace tobacco
smoking is prohibited – but the fine is only $25, which neither deters violators
nor encourages enforcement, Borrello said.

State law allows people to publicly use the drug in other forms, like vaping or
edibles, which presents “a public safety threat,” Borrello said.

“You can’t walk down the street chugging a bottle of vodka, but you can get
stoned in public, and that is just reckless,” he said.




As an owner of restaurants that serve alcohol – including the Sunset Bay Beach
Club in Irving and Cabana Sam’s Sunset Bay Grill – Borrello said he fears
business owners may be held liable for the actions of customers who get high on
cannabis at their establishments.


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“Thirty or 40 years ago, the levels of THC (the intoxicating component in
cannabis) were far lower, maybe 3 or 4%,” he said. “Today’s product is more like
70%, which is like the difference between drinking a glass of wine and drinking
a glass of grain alcohol.”




“So right now, someone can come into our restaurant with a pocket full of
gummies and we are responsible for that person’s public intoxication,” he said.



Borrello said many states that have legalized cannabis restrict consumption to
private residences, including California. New York City recently launched a
“Let’s Be Blunt” campaign reminding people about non-smoking laws after a wave
of complaints about odor violations.

Prohibiting all use of cannabis in public places unless otherwise allowed by the
locality would serve as a deterrent to irresponsible use of marijuana and the
$125 fine would show law enforcement that “New York is serious about public
consumption of marijuana.”

“Hopefully it would serve as a deterrent,” he said. “This is a public health
issue.”

Though it was submitted by Republicans in a Legislature controlled by Democrats,
Borrello said he hopes the bill will spark spark discussion and that even
liberal Democrats might support giving localities the power to regulate the
public use of marijuana. Assembly Majority Leader Crystal Peoples-Stokes,
D-Buffalo, could not be reached for comment Sunday. 





The bill was introduced in committee in both houses of the Legislature, whose
2023 session is over. But Borrello said further discussion may not have to wait
until January.

“We may have a special session before then,” he said.


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