Frontus Cosponsors Pot Bill Called “Marihauana Regulation and Taxation Act”
Assemblywoman Mathylde Frontus co-sponsored the “Marihuana Regulation and Taxation Act.” It isn’t even spelled correctly (see above screenshot) and it’s legislation – see NYS Site
HERE’S THE STRANGE PART: On March 24th, Mathylde asked on Twitter how people felt about it. #PlayingPolitics If Mathlyde was a sponsor of the bill, then she didn’t care what anyone thought. (And people told Frontus that)
On March 25th, Frontus said on Twitter that there wasn’t even a bill.
We are in a global pandemic and Mathylde Frontus thought that this bill was necessary now! She believes these are the benefits of the bill.
Pot was decriminalized in New York State in August 2019 (See here), so this bill is unnecessary.
Many people know someone who has overdosed and died. Drug overdoses were up in NYC in 2020 (See here and here). Neither Mathylde Frontus or Senator Andrew Gounardes introduced legislation to correct the problem. These are Frontus’ bills from last year. (See here)
Look at how many people overdosed in a short time period of time in NYC. Stats from NYC’s report:
Frontus also didn’t tell us that people that pot businesses are locked out of the Federal banking system. (Source) So pot businesses can’t use any of the big banks. This makes the marijuana business mostly cash and subjected to the same fraud as any mostly mostly cash business. Which also means the revenue generated for NYC will be far less than expected (and everyone will claim they don’t know why!)
How does this bill help the people in Coney Island and Bay Ridge? In Brooklyn, you can buy pot easily on most street corners. The drug dealer’s car is the one that stops on your street and one of your neighbor gets in. Your neighbor stays in the car for a few minutes to get his/her stash, then he/she leaves the car and and someone else hops in the front seat with the driver.
The news spoke about this bill and said: “NYC will become a multi-billion dollar cannabis center.” That doesn’t sound good. That means there is going to be a lot people walking around high and being morons. There will be a lot more accidents and then politicians will tell us that more red light cameras are needed.
When our representatives are talking to their colleagues in Albany, they forget they represent Brooklyn.
Brooklyn is an area where people take things to the extreme. Do you think people are going to abide by the three pot plants per person rule?
There are a lot more problems that the NYS Assembly should have be dealing with: tenants who don’t have money to pay the rent (the Eviction Ban is over on May 1st) and small landlords who aren’t able to make ends meet because they aren’t receiving rent. Families are worried. This is a hard position for people to be and representatives like Mathylde Frontus should have put them first BEFORE THE WEED!
I am sad to see Mathylde Frontus let Carl Heastie help take the heat off Governor Andrew Cuomo. People stopped talking about Cuomo to concentrate on the pot bill.
Hugs,
marlene
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