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It could soon be illegal to smoke marijuana in public if some New York politicians have their way. New York Assemblyman Michael Novakhov and Senator Mario R. Mattera are co-sponsors of a new bill that would ban the public use of cannabis unless a local government opts in to permit such public use. As it currently stands, anywhere you can smoke a cigarette, you can smoke a joint. Despite what you see, smoking in public parks is not permissible.
Senate Bill S7604 was introduced with the purposes of prohibiting the public use of cannabis and if caught, the smoker would incur a $125 fine. Among other reasons, the justification of the proposed bill is to prevent children from being exposed to seeing cannabis smoking at an early age or its smell. Interestingly, the bill cites the secondhand smoke nuisance and potential health hazards of tobacco, but now seeks to differentiate where smoking is permissible. It appears that the government is still okay with outdoor cigarette smoking near children, but not cannabis; or at least that the government is going after low-hanging fruit while cannabis legislation is in its infancy.
In short, this proposed bill means that prior to smoking in New York State, the smoker would need to look up each city, town, village, or county’s specific legislation and if public smoking is banned in that area – what a headache that would be. Moreover, this type of bill just screams ‘selective enforcement’ and do government authorities really want to waste critical police resources on fining people $125 and asking them to move their smoking a few hundred feet into the next town. Additionally, if smoking outdoors is being made illegal, where will smokers choose to smoke without fear of a fine? They are not allowed to smoke indoors and presumably their leases would prevent them from smoking in their apartments.
This bill is woefully inadequate and fails to address the myriad of issues that it would present. Hopefully, when such a bill is presented to the New York Senate and/or Assembly, there is meaningful discussion on the disparate impacts of such a bill. If public health and children’s health are such a concern, why limit to marijuana and not the arguably more objectionable smell and secondhand smoke concerns of tobacco? Stay tuned to the Canna Law Blog for more developments on New York‘s regulated cannabis market.
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In March of this year, the Oregon Health Authority (“OHA”) promulgated a new rule that required testing marijuana for certain microbiological contaminants, including for aspergillus. We wrote about this rule not long after noting that aspergillus—a type of mold that can cause a skin cause a condition called aspergillosis when inhaled or introduced through a cut in your skin.
Oregon’s new rule requires testing for four of the 180 or so species of aspergillus. Early data reflected fail rates ranging from 2.7% – 20% depending on the number of variants subject to testing. But many others saw this new rule as a potentially big issue in Oregon.
We noted that many people in Oregon, including trade groups, opposed these new aspergillus testing requirements. But we thought there was “no chance” of overturning this rule because “a) this is as close as you might see to a national standard in cannabis, if such a thing could exist, and b) it’s a public health issue.”
Well we are about to find out. On Friday, July 28, the Cannabis Industry Alliance of Oregon (“CIAO) and others filed a lawsuit challenging the OHA’s new aspergillus testing rule. The petitioners seek to stop the OHA from enforcing the rule and contend they will suffer enormous financial losses if the court does not act.
The case was only just filed, so we don’t yet have a clear sense of how things will shake out. We’ll be sure to keep tabs on the case as it progresses. So as always, stay tuned to the Canna Law Blog for more updates.
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