
NY Governor Proposes Cannabis Odor as Reasonable Cause
The governor of New York wants to allow police to use cannabis odor as reasonable cause for a driver’s impairment. Gov. Kathy Hochul’s recent budget plan included provisions to eliminate the prohibition on allowing law officers to establish probable cause for car searches, drug testing, and arrests based only on the scent of cannabis. The ban on searches based on scent was a fundamental component of New York’s 2021 legalization statute. A clause in a