Tag: Laws
As New York cautiously inches towards implementing a medical weed program, the Department of Health released some of the groundwork for the state’s “medical marihuana [sic]” program that’s being proposed (PDF doc). The regulations are every bit as restrictive as imagined — and for some families, not timely enough, forcing them to flee to other […]
Russia is full of problems. Good thing there’s one singular political entity responsible for most of the country’s bans on things — Rospotrebnadzor aka Russia’s Federal Service for Supervision of Consumer Rights Protection and Human Well-Being. So if you bored by the censorship, imprisonment and murders of Kremlin policy critics, here’s a nifty list of things Russia has recently banned for you […]
Governor Cuomo signed legislation today to establish a medical weed program in New York, making it the 23rd state in the U.S. to legalize the good herb. Although it’s very restrictive and has lots of shortcomings, the measure is a step in the right direction. The legislation also represents another direct challenge to the federal […]
It is a sad state of affairs when would-be graffiti artists get caught by the police in a city as big as New York, where there is plenty of real crime vying for the NYPD’s attention. So, please take the following advice and you will save us and yourself some late nights at the courthouse. […]
State lawmakers have just adopted legislation that will criminalize the tattooing and piercing of domestic pets. The bill was introduced in 2011 by Assemblywoman Linda Rosenthal (D-Manhattan), after she learned that a woman in Ross Township, Pennsylvania was selling “gothic kittens” on eBay. The kittens were studded, had piercings on their necks and spines, and one had […]
What’s Montana up to these days? Making use of dead animals that got hit by vehicles! The Senate voted 33-15 in favor of the law allowing the roadkill meat to be donated to charities and fed to the needy if the animal is salvageable. For the record, I’d totally eat elk that was clipped by […]
