FILE — Chris Alexander, then policy coordinator for Drug Policy Alliance, who is now New York’s Office of Cannabis Management’s executive director, speaks as advocates urge New York state legislators to support the Marijuana Regulation and Taxation Act at the state Capitol, May 8, 2018, in Albany, N.Y. Since October, his office also has enabled more types of clinicians to prescribe medical marijuana, started letting dispensaries sell whole marijuana buds, and drafted proposed rules for patients who want to grow their own. (AP Photo/Hans Pennink, File)
